A guy who foolishly wished and was transported to Equestria as a Warhammer Figther with Unyielding Anger.
This is a Power Lottery story inspired by Skyfall - Shadow-Dancer, The Familiar - LostAnon Undead Retribution - FoxWithAMask and A Lich Of Metal And Souls. - ShadowsInTheDark
A guy who always wished to live in a fantasy world finaly got his wish come true and end up in a new world with three awesome powers. He ends up in a Equestria with inhabitants who are all anthro versions of themselves. It all looks awesome to him at first but the problem is that not everything is sunshine and rainbows.
An anthropometric alicorn known as Faust tried to have him killed once out of xenophobic paranoia. It turned out into a war and he killed her. In revenge her daughters encased him in stone for over a thousand years and now he escaped.
He must survive, even if he must have a full conflict with other races and make a name for himself.
Believe me the one thing I hate more than anything else is how people judge others by how they fucking look. Is appearance's more important that what a person really are!? REALLY!? Just because someone looks different people would just points their fingers at them and call them monsters, IT'S JUST FUCKING WRONG!!!!!!!
Sorry for my outburst but I'm damned serious about it since something like this happened to me and I'm not going to let it slide, I will never let my hatred of it go.
Let me explain what happened, when I returned home from work. I watched alot of youtubes and fanfiction stories and anime series, I love these things but also my favorite activity is Power Lottery. Where you can get some random powers just for the fun of it. I tried it many times until I got my three favorite powers.
It was: Enchanted Armor - The user can create a suit of armor with enchanted magical properties and with their own special abilities, they can even be used to resist certain attacks because of the magical aura that surrounds the suits. The user can even utilize magical spells from their armor for attack or defensive purposes in any way, shape, or form. Enhanced Hammermanship - Users are able to demonstrate brutal aptitude and great proficiency in using hammers to inflict heavy blunt force damage and/or trauma, making the user very dangerous in close quarters combat. The user can also break down structures and take out heavily armored enemies. Indomitable Rage - The user has unnaturally strong rage that is never ending and ever growing, enabling them to be immune to all forms of pacification including Patience Manipulation, Patience Inducement, Serenity Inducement. Through their rage the user can face great physical pain and psychological trauma and will refuse to surrender, literally using their anger to fight through the pain, possibly up to the point of cheating death and pushing themselves past their own limitations. Their rage can also act as a makeshift source of power for their strength.
Imagine that, a hammer warrior with magical armor with a supernatural anger as power. Kind of like Robert Baratheon from the Game of Thrones story. I guess it would be awesome to have those powers and live in a fantasy world where you can do whatever you want.
After a while I hit the bed to go to sleep, I still need to work tomorrow. Before I closed my eyes I strongly wished that I just vanished and end up in a new world. I would say in my head 'please just take me to a fantasy world, I would give anything for it' I would say before I close my eyes and let sleep take me.
And that's when all changes, my life would never be as it once was.
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OC - POV
'What the Bloody Hell!?' was the first thing in my mind when I woke up in the middle of some forest. How did I end up here? Just look at the place, those trees does not look like ordinary ones. This is a haunted forest but how the fuck did I end up here when I was suppose to be in my house!?
When I moved to get up on my feets I felt some sort of a papper on my right hand. I looked at it and saw a note so I decided to read the note.
It says: Good news, you have won the Power Lottery game and you are now in a new world with your three powers. Enchanted Armor Enhanced Hammermanship Indomitable Rage Your instruction of using these powers are simple. You must focus your imagination very hard so that a new armor will appear along with a warhammer. If you can picture your armor and imagine what it would look like and focuse all your willpower on it and you will wear it. And also you will also have a warhammer that suits your armor.
Good luck on your adventures!
WHAT THE HEEEEEEEEELLLL!?
Wait..... This..... Is..... WONDERFUL!
This means that my wish came true and I'm in a new world with powers. This is awesome! This is what I always wanted and now I can be the real me now!
Now first thing first is the instruction on using my armor magic. I used my imagination to picture what kind of armor and warhammer I want and I focus all my willpower on it. I felt something weird and it sound like a small and quick metal clash before it's over. I open my eyes and I felt something in my hand and I felt like my whole body was carrying something. I looked at my hands and I saw metal hands and a real warhammer. I was getting more excited and I noticed a water lake next to me. I walked to it to see my self and look at me!!!!
This is exactly what I imagined! This is the best thing that ever happened to me! An armored form of Thor from Marvel with all the powers of his Mjölner.
But before I could do anything else I heard a strange and yet intimidating growls. I looked behind me and saw what looked like a pack of wood wolves. What the Hell!? That's right just What the Hell!? Those are wood wolves, how is that even possible? But never mind, if they want a fight I'll give them one.
I took a battle stance and waited for them to make the first move. After a minute or two, one of them jumped at me and I swinged my warhammer at it's head, it shattered and died instantly. Same thing happened to another and another, I swinged my warhammer around and every hit I did was very easy for me like it was natural. I felt alive, I felt amazing feelings, which means, I was having fun! But of course all good things must come to an end. When all the wood wolves tries to attack me in a group, all at ones. I held my warhammer up in the air and then thunder from the sky hit it, sending wave of destructive energy around me and destroyed all the wooden wolves, and also destroyed many trees around me. I won the fight.
Wow. Just bloody wow. It's everything I imagined and it worked like a charm. After that fight I decided to focus my willpower to disband my armor and with the same sound and feeling it worked. I only keept my warhammer because if I run into any trouble I'm prepared. I was walking through the forest, trying to find my way out and maybe even find civilization. The journey was very long but excited, it didn't take long before I heard a noice. That's strange, perhaps someone was in the forest too.
I search to find the person here. I followed the noices which sounds like running or something. Then I heard a sound of metal clashing on each others. Could that be..... there is a fight going on?
I ran a little to find out more quicker. I then hid behind a tree and then I took a peak from behind and found some people fighting. But instead of people, I saw what looks like a..... humanoid horse and a bunch of humanoid dogs led by one who rides a wood wolf.
I am so confused as hell right now. So this is a new fantasy world with no humans at all and with humanoids species. Nevermind that now, now I noticed that armed, female humanoid is surrounded by these dogs (literally) with weapons and they all team up on her.
"Surrender now wench and you might live. As a pretty slave of ours." The one riding on wood wolf said and his fellow dogs chuckled.
Did he said... Slave!? Oh now I get it, these dogs are slavers and she is a soldiers trying to fight for her freedom. Then I know who is my enemy and ally. I must help her. I hid behind the tree again and used my powers for a new armor.
This armor, I call it 'Savage Chivalry', enhance my body beyond typical human capabilities and I also possesses instincts that allows me to become a master of evasion and an ultimate killing machine.
I then picked up a rock and throw it hard on the one riding on the wood wolf. I hit him right in the face as I came out of hiding, it also caused him to fall down from his mount. They all looked at my direction and saw me standing there with my armor and warhammer on my hand. The dogs were surprised and the mare was shocked because her eyes were wide and mouth opened. But before I could speak the dog who I threw the rock at got up with a bloodied face and he had very angry eyes.
"Ggrrr, KILL THAT FREAK NOW!!!" He screamed in pure rage.
Freak? Really? Oh, your the one to talk.
Nevermind now, now his lackies charged at me and I did the first thing that comes to my mind. I swinged my warhammer against an axe-wielding dog's head so hard I rip his head off. After that I quickly swing my warhammer against another humanoid dog who attacked me with a sword, hit him in his belly and opened a hole for his guts to literally come out. Another dog came towards me and I send him flying, then another came and recieved a swing from me so hard on his head it was smashed like a melon of flesh and blood.
What is odd about this situation is, I am killing living beings. I kill, I took lives away. And yet I felt no guilt nor any hesitation at all. I was actually feeling that it was natural, I don't know why or how. But I actually felt like this is natural and I can do it rather easily. The mare took the opportunity and charged at the dogs and help me kill them to. We fought together back-to-back and slaughtered all these dogs until the leader on his wood wolf remained.
"You bastard you'll pay for that!!" He roared and charged at us.
I quickly pushed the mare aside and quickly evaded his wolf, swinged my warhammer in his chest (probably shattered every rib he had). I quickly turned and delivered a fast strike on the wood wolf's head and the whole body shattered. I then turned my attention towards the injured dog leader.
"Wait wait..... Work for me instead..... I'll give you all my wealth and females in exchange for my life!" He beged like a coward.
AND THAT PISSED ME OFF LIKE HELL!!!!
"You teamed up on a female and you practice slavery, and worst of all you wanted me dead! AND YOU DARE BEG FOR MERCY FROM ME!" I roard in anger as I delivered the finishing blow on his head and killed him.
After a while I then turned my attention to the mare soldiers who stared at me in surprise for a moment before she snapped back into reality.
"I thank you for your help stranger. You seems to be a fine warrior. I am Ebony Sparkle, soldier in service of Queen Faust. What's your name?" She asked me in a tone mixed with polite manners and admiration. My name huh? Well since I'm in a new world I guess I should have a new name too. And I know just what kind of name I shall have.
"I am Arton Ravenheart. All I am is a common sellsword, an independent soldier for hire." I said calmly with manners as I gave a nice bow. She seems rather surprised.
"A mercenary huh? Yet you didn't joined the dead dog when he offered you payment. But it seems there is even honor among mercenaries too" She said with a smile. The she became more worried as she looked behind herself and then turned towards me again.
"Look, I promise you payment but I deeply need your help. There is a village not far from here and a pack of diamond dogs attack it to capture slaves. I came with a group of royal guards to help them but we were ambushed and I got seperated from my team. Please, I can't fight off there dogs on my own and you are a great warrior. I need your help." She said in a pleading tone and a begging face as she approached me. A village under attack by slavers she said huh? And these creatures are called diamond dogs, don't know why and I don't care. How could I say no to a face like her's.
"Lead me to that village and I will show these dogs my FURY, you have my word." I said with pride and reassuring voice. She smiled from ear to ear and hugge me strongly. For a lady she have muscles, hehehe.
"Come, we must hurry." She quickly said and took my hand to lead me to that village. All I did was just following her.
Luck must have been on my side because not ten minutes after I and Ebony Sparkle ran off did we find an exit to the forest and found the village she spoke of, and it's on fire.
More horse people lived there and they are being chained in line by more of these humanoid dogs, or diamond dogs as she called them. Ebony seems rather worried.
"Oh no. The other royal guards didn't arrived. We are only two here." She said as if it was hopless. But I disagreed.
"That won't stop me!" I said and rushed into the village. I'm sure she tried to stop me but I was WAY far ahead of her.
I quickly approached a dog who was whipping another mare trying to protect her child. I swinged my warhammer on his head so hard his head shattered and all his brain matter flew all over the place. Every other diamond dogs saw it and all charged at me. But my 'Savage Chivalry' armor and my mighty warhammer makes me an one-man army and I sure as hell gave them all I could give. In my wroth and prime I swung my warhammer like a man possessed. Swinging it left, right and centre, crushing dog after dog. Breaking them as much as I could, using my indignation at such dogs fighting me to fuel my strength. Swinging and crushing more and more dogs, breaking them into two, cracking skulls and breaking chests, on and on the fighting went and it surprisingly filled me with much joy. Don't know, don't care. I just keep swinging my warhammer and moves forward, swinging and crushing more and more dogs roaring for more of them to come out and die.
While I was bussy distracting the dogs, Ebony Sparkle sneak around and freed every horse person from their cages and chains. She no doubt told them that I was on their side and I appeared I just inspired them to fight since I have noticed them taking weapons from the dead dogs and tools such as shovels, pitch forks and hammers, and charged at the dogs until all of them fleed from town.
This village was saved and all the horse people cheered in victory while I laid on the ground because I'm fucking exhausted. After a while as I was still on the ground, I saw Ebony Sparkle looking down at me upside down with a smirk.
"I would normally say how crazy you were just charging in without thinking. But I'm gonna say this. You were great." She said. Perhaps I was careless but it worked, so I gave her a thump up.
"It's ok, I learned my lesson thank you very much." I said with a very tire tone. She seems amused by it since she giggled after my comment. I then got up on my feets just to be greeted by one of the horse villagers, a female one.
"Th...thank you sir, for saving all of us. We are grateful." She said bowing and all the other villagers stared at me. Ebony Sparkle looked at me with a smile and I decided to give her a pat on the head.
"No need for any thanks, it's been an honor." I said politely and she smiled. The other villagers surrounds me to give me their thanks and Ebony gave me a wink of approval.
After a while I heard a loud noise and saw a group of horse people in gold carrying spears come our way. I got a little worried by the villagers seems glad and Ebony Sparkle came next to me.
"Finally, reinforcement has arrived. They got our message! You don't need to worry Arton, they are here to help us." She said. Well a little too late for that don't you think.
I stood there as the 'guards' came and approached us. I have noticed that there are various of humanoid horses, like unicorns, pegasus and normal horses. But all of them carried gold armors and spears. As they came closer, one particular unicorn with a spear came towards me and Ebony.
I opened my mouth to say something, but as I did I felt an extreme tingling sensation in the back of my skull. And from that sensation came fear and I completely lost control of my body, for a good reason of course. I noticed that unicorn guard took his spear forward, trying to stab me with it and i blocked it with my warhammer and punched him very hard in the face before I regained control over my own body.
I remember that my 'Savage Chivalry' armor possess prey instinct that allows me to avoid all sorts of dangers. I quickly took a fighting stance as the horse soldier got up trying to attack me again. But by both our surprises Ebony Sparkle kicked him in the face.
"WHAT THE BUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!? YOU JUST ATTACKED THE SAVIOUR OF THIS VILLAGE!" She yelled out loud at the guard. Jepers she was loud. His eyes widened in shock.
"Saviour!? This... thing. That cant be a-" He tried to argue but he was interupted by her again.
"He wasn't the one who attacked the villagers, on the contrary he risked his life to save them all!" She yelled again.
When the stallion realized his mistake he dropped his spear and fell on his knees at my direction.
"Oh no, I- I'm sorry, sorry, I- I- I wasn't- I-" He stuttered with regrets. And just when I was about to accept his apologies things just got worst.
"Soldiers!!" Someone yelled and when we looked at the source we saw that amongs the guards a tall armored horse lady with both wings and horn, also red hair looking at me with anger.
"Kill that monster at once!" She commanded. Oh great! JUST FUCKING GREAT!
"WHAT!?" The stallion yelled.
"No Queen Faust! He's not a monster, he saved this town." Ebony Sparkle yelled too.
"I said kill that monster, NOW!!" This 'Queen' Faust commanded with menace.
"Your majesty, he's an ally. He has done no wrong at all!" The stallion defended me.
"He's the dark presence my daughter foresaw and the one who will bring destruction to our land. He must die!" She yelled.
"NO! I won't let him die!" The stallion yelled and took a stance to defend me, and so did Ebony Sparkle.
"Private Steel Night, Private Ebony Sparkle, for this treason you will be punished with him." She yelled as her horn lit and she send a beam of magic at us.
The stallion, Steel Night, cast a magic shield and protected us from it but we were soon surrounded by the guards who charged their attack spells until his shield was down. The guards subdue them but they all try to thrust their spears at me, I fought back but I only punch, kick and use non-lethal hits with my warhammer because I don't wish to kill good soldiers who only follow orders from a fucking bitch. I decided that my best option is to escape from this village and enter the forest again so I send many guards flying out of my way as I make a run for the forest.
But not for long I felt my feets being grabbed by something and I couldn't run anymore. I looked at my feets and saw some sort of magic aura in shape of chains grabbing my feets and keep them from moving. I looked back and saw the Queen Bitch's horn glow which means she is responsible for this. The worst part is that before I could do anything else I felt pain in my belly. I looked and saw a spear sunk into my gut. The second after that more and more spears pierce through my entire body and I felt first pain and then a heavy exhaustion taking over me. When they all took their spears from my body I saw alot of rocks tossed from the villagers who scream out against the Queen and her guards. I watched as I saw the horse villages picked up their weapons and some stones and began to throw them at the Queen and fought off the guards for my rescue.
But the thing is my own body takes a pummelling, blood begins flowing down from my armor and down to the ground, and I find myself staggering. I feel alot of pain and my eyes were closing, turning my vision into black. Could this be it..... Will I die right here and now?
NO! THIS IS NOT THE END OF ME! THIS FUCKING BITCH ATTACKED ME AND TRIED TO KILL ME FOR NO GOOD REASON JUST AFTER I SAVED THIS WHOLE VILLAGE! I WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS! I WILL KILL HER, I WILL KILL THEM ALL FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!! (Indomitable Rage Activated)
With the combination of my armor's killer instinct ability and my neverending, ultimate hatred I have regained my strenght to get up and began swinging my warhammer again and this time I go for the kill against these guards. Here I come again, swinging my warhammer, left right and centre, again, crushing every guard who stand against me, swinging my warhammer and breaking them in half. The rush is something I will live for, for the rest of my days I know this now and I pushes on desperate to keep fighting. My goal is to kill Faust and make her pay for her crime, so I swings my warhammer and brings more and more guards down. The ground is now covered in bodies and blood, the ground leaks blood when I steps on it and I roars a challenge.
As soon as I killed enough guards to reach her so I tossed my warhammer with a mighty swing, trying to kill her. But just before my warhammer hit her, I saw her horn glow again and she just disappeared and I missed. JUST FUCKING GREAT! WHERE ARE YOU COWARD!?
I then felt a hand on my shoulder and I reacted with a hard punch and headbutt before tossing the guard right into a house wall, but just before that guard hit the wall I saw that it was Night Steel and I assaulted him! After that some of my senses came back to me.
"YOU MUST RUN NOW!" I heard Ebony Sparkle yelled from afar and I know why. I saw more and more guards comming from the sky, far too many for me to fight.
"Just go! Please, save yourself!" She yelled with a pleading face, a face which I could not say no to.
She wants me to run back towards the forest and that's exactly what I did, I ran as fast as I could just to survive.
Look at me. JUST LOOK AT ME! Encased in stone and put in a hedge maze for over a thousand years in a bloody garden just for the view and entertainment value! The statue of me looks like this while holding a Warhammer in my right hand.
The only thing that kept me from falling into insanity was the statue next to me, who happens to be Discord. I know he's a weirdo but talking to him was better than to die of boredom. He used some of his remaining power to create a link that we could communicate through and we starts talking about random things to keep our minds away from our statue situations.
Another thing that we find it very entertaining is how we can still see and hear the world around us and we saw some interesting things in that garden. They ranged from arguments between couples, to hearing the myths about Discord and I that would change every few years, not that I cared or anything.
But more importantly, let me give you all my story before me being a statue.
After the bloody incident in the village, which is called 'Ponyville', I ran back to the place called the Everfree Forest. I walked around in that cursed forest trying to get out of there again. I stumble upon a castle in the middle of it but I manage to stay way from it and finally got out of the forest and the kingdom itself.
Spending my times around many kingdoms as a travelling mercenary I have been raiding slaver camps and bandit hideouts, setting every slave free while took whatever food and money these parasites had and put them all to good use. I visit many towns and citites around the Griffon Kingdom, Minotaur Highlands, Dragon Holdings and Changeling Nests for more than two or six years, served as a soldier for hire, gladiator fighter, bounty hunter and more importantly 'slaver slayer'. There were alot of things to do that time. Battles to fight, bounties to hunt, treasures to salvage and even females to make love with.
I had a hard time to believe it, but in this fantasy world I'm in is a reverse gender role of males and females. Females outnumber males ten to one. Due to the lack of males, females have to protect the males. Females have always been the dominant gender in this world and it is the females who have always been the protectors, the providers, and the leaders due to the small population of males. The very thought about that makes me wanna faint. But on the other hand it wasn't totally bad, because of the lack of males all the females are horny as hell and many females I came across wants to get laid just for the heck of it. Since I'm a guy how the hell could I say no to that. After all, to deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human.
But during my years of my mercenary days, the fucking Queen Faust has been putting a huge prize on my head and send assassin after assassin to kill me. Calling me murderer, monster, demon, she even called me slayer of INNOCENTS! NOW THAT IS A FUCKING LIE!!!
Sorry, sorry, it's just... WOW, is this one bad! I mean, you have no idea. It took alot of assassination attempts on me to realize, I can't let this slide, I just can't let her continue to cause me trouble and misery forever. I had no choice but to go to WAR!
I journeyed through the badlands to form an army of my own to fight Faust and put an end to her madness. I was ambushed by bandits, but I defeated easily them and becomes their leader. Then we went to an encampment and killed their general, after which I commands them to become his army.
During my time gathering an army I carried a new armor with another Warhammer.
Spending a great time in the badlands, my army has several successful raids, offering the defeated the option of joining such army or die. When my army is big enough, I saw the time of invading equestria and kill Faust has come.
My first conquest began with the takeovers of Appleloosa and Dodge City. One of my commanders took Dodge City while I fought on Appleloosa by killing the mayor of the town. When that was successfully done, I ordered a portion of my army to go futher inside Equestria to committ many raids and plunderings while I took a good amount of soldiers of many species towards the everfree forest to capture the castle that was located there. On the way my force came across several Everfree Forest creatures, luckly my armor has all wraith powers and abilities from the game Shadow of War, so I used my Domination powers to recruit those creatures into my army and it worked. I used these beasts for siege against the castle's walls and gates and my army manage to storm in, I must say it was a real fight in there, the soldiers who fought to defend it did put up a good fight but in the end my army won.
After my army took the castle in the forest, my scouts came to me and informed that Queen Faust has send a few armies towards the forest and other places to wipe out both my forces and the raiders I send to harash her kingdom. The next battle started at Rambling Rock Ridge where I encountered her forces and fought three battles, all of it in a single day! Imagine that, I attacked the first army then came their reinforcement too late and then I ambushed another army that was trying to pass through. I destroyed three armies in ONE bloody day! no doubt I made a strong name for myself that time.
But I lost many good soldiers and if I don't face Faust sooner I may not win the war at all. When I got words that Faust has send another army towards me, I ordered my scouts to find my other portion of the army to meet me again and regroup. While they were at it, I and what remains of my forces took refuge at a place called Ponyville, the very same village I meet Ebony Sparkle and where my hostility with Faust began. I was just lucky that the villagers remembers me and acknowledged me as a good guy. When Faust's army arrived at the town and began searching the houses, the residents actively aided me and kept me hidden from the soldiers. Before they could find me the rest of my army that was raiding and looting the kingdom arrived in full force, I chose to wear a different kind of armor and a new warhammer before I came out of hiding and fought with all my might. My new armor gave me all Force powers from the game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I must say, that was a very amazing battle. And it is now known as the Battle of the Everfree since my reinforcments arrived from the forest.
It was only after that battle that Faust finally emerged from hiding in a mountain city known as Canterlot. She assamble her own personal army to fight me face-to-face, finally she arrived. Because I think she was done pissing herself.
A cloud city known as Cloudsdale was floating in the sky, yes. But underneath it there is a whole field of hills and that's were my army would face the forces of Queen Faust, that's where the final battle would take place. Faust's army was over 25 000 soldiers while I only had 18 000 strong. But the huge differences is, Faust's soldiers were unbloodied and less experienced but all my soldiers were battle-hardened fighters with lust for blood and had justice on our side.
My strategy was simple, I just replicated the Battle of Marathon, I allowed my center to contain mostly 4 000 soldiers while my remaining 14 000 will be divided to take care of the flanks. Using the same tactics the greeks did I let the Equestrian think that they can win with a frontal assault and they all fell right into my trap. It was during that battle were I finally meet Queen Faust, that white alicorn with red hair who started the damned mess. As we fought every soldiers from both our armies watched.
With my enchanted armor and mastery of warhammer combat, I fought her with the rage of thousand beasts brining blow after blow upon the bitch of a Queen until I finally managed to swing my warhammer through her stomach. I swinged so hard I literally ripped open her belly and caused her organs to fall down and all her blood leaked out from her body to the ground, for that reason the hill we fought at became known as the Red Hill now.
When that fucking bitch, Faust, was finally dead and her army was routed I was told by one of my commanders that she had two daughters and I understood that as long as they live this war was far from over. I and my army made our way into Canterlot in the mountain, I changed myself into my armored thor to destroy the gate and ordered my soldiers to raze the city. As I went inside the royal palace I looked through door to door searching for Faust's daughters, I quickly realized that they escaped and it was bad.
I know they were innocent and they did me no wrong. But I killed their mother, they had more reason to hate me than Faust did. If I didn't end them as soon as possible, more and more lives will perish. So even though they were innocent little girls, I must find them and destroy them for the good of everyone.
For nine years I failed to find them, for nine years I spended my time suppressing slavery and hunting bandits who would harm innocents. Then, after nine years, the two daughters of Faust finally approached me. They names were Celestia and Luna, one was a white alicorn with rainbow mane and the other was another alicorn all blue. When I took a fighting stance, I noticed that instead of fighting me with weapons they brought six weird gemns floating around them. They called them the 'Elements of Harmony', that sound stupid. But in the end it's what defeated me and turned me into a stone statue.
After a few decades came Discord, he brought chaos to the realm and mess around. He's not a villain if you ask me, he's just a crazy prankster. But that was all it took for the daughters of Faust to stone him. They brought him to me and we began to have countless conversations to keep us selves entertained. Thanks to Discord, we could hear and see what was going on around us, in the place called Canterlot (strange, I'm certain I razed that city). Anyway we both heard what kind of myths and stories they say about us, especially me. They call me the 'Godslayer' or the 'Conqueror of Equestria', nice I suppose. What surprised me is that in Equestria I am a villain and a monster, but outside Equestria all other races reguards me as a hero. I don't know why but if by some miracle I could get out of this prison I will immidiately make a run for another kindom from Equestria.
We heard about Luna being banished to the moon after her transformation into a new mare she called Nightmare Moon. Created by her own jealousy, classy if you ask me. But that's not all, without Luna the Elements of Harmony won't work for Princess Celestia. If she can't use them, then who? I guess I have to find of later when the chance is given.
Speaking of which, one night me and discord saw a pony comming towards me. That pony was another alicorn who look very much like Luna. She was completely black and her many looks like blue mist with stars. Discord comfirmed to me that this new alicorn is Nightmare Moon, the new version of Princess Luna. She came towards my statue and looked at me.
"Ah, here you are. The mighty Arton Ravenheart, who fought and killed the great Faust. I know you can hear me from there and I will let you know this." She said as she came closer, she flew a little until she is close to my face.
"I will release you from this prison. I want you to help me overthrow Princess Celestia and take rule of Equestria for myself. In return I will offer you a full pardon and I will offer you wealth for service or freedom to walk your own way. It's of course up to you." She said in whispering tone as she step back and starts pumping her magic into my stone prison and soon I start to hear a lot of cracks.
After who knows how many cracks I heard my stone prison started to crumble around me, allowing me to move and flex my arms and legs shaking the loose bits of stone off in the process and I finally fell down from my imprisonment as a free man.
"Ooohhhh, finally freedom." I said while stretching of those 1000 years off, while I was doing that I swore I could have heard a few cracks around my body. Before long I looked at her and so I stood straight and bowed in respect.
"You have my thanks for my freedom, dark one." I said politely. She smirked and walked towards me while her steel boots clacking on the stone floor.
"Your gratitude is welcomed, but I am a bit of hurry now. I need your assistance." She looked at me in the eyes while I chuckled inside my helmet.
"To overthrow Celestia, I know. And I'm listening." I said calmly.
"When my sister banished me to the moon, we are no longer connected to the Elements of Harmony. They have found new owners now. My plan is simple, I need you to distract Celestia's guards. I need you to find there baracks and fight them as long as you can until my reinforcment arrives. While you're at it I shall deal with Celestia myself, with you distracting the guards I will be able to fight her without anyone interfering." She said as she started to walk circles around me.
"How long do I have to fight? and explain to me about this 'reinforcment' of yours." I said with a bit of scepticism.
"When I as Luna became Nightmare Moon today, I had subjects of my own. They are called Thestrals or simply Bat Ponies, even after my banishment they have always been loyal to me. They will be here in one hour. I shall personally fight Celestia while you wreak havoc against her guards." She explained to me.
"So you want chaos?" I asked her, who responded with a nob and I smirked.
"You'll get chaos." I said at last.
After our talk, she guided me to the guards barracks before she depart to deal with Celestia. The armor I still wore grants me the power over all earthen matter like magic. So when I was infront of the guard barrack I lifted my warhammer and slams it down, cracking the ground to create a road of lava towards the building. It didn't take long before the whole place was on fire and the whole barrack burned. While I watch I could hear a lot of screaming from inside, after a while many guards ran out from the barracks coughing from all the smoke. A few accidentally fell on the lava and no doubt got burned alive or molten to death.
When they all got out of there all I had to do was to slam the bottom of my warhammer on the ground and the sound earned all their attention. They all looked at me with both shock and dread.
"It's- it's- IT'S THE DEMON WHO KILLED FAUST!" a guard yelled in panic which soon was followed by other soldiers who seeks to run away.
I have no intention to let them live, so I slammed my warhammer on the ground again and created two tall walls of crystal to block their escape. Making the burning barrack in their back and me at the front.
"You want to escape, you all have to go through me!" I yelled in challenge at them.
Finding themselves having no other choices they all prepared to attack me at once. While they were at it I observe them and saw that 80% of the guards were females while the rest of the 20% were males. 70% of them were unicorns, 20% were Pegasus and 10% were earth ponies. I wonder if there is some sort of discrimination around there but that is not important right now.
Right now they charge at me and I swings my warhammer begins crushing those who are brave enough to challange me. Swinging my warhammer around brought many guards down and I keep roaring as more and more bodies begin littering the place. It didn't take long before I heard hoove steps from behind and I saw more guards attacking me, it turns out I trapped myself in.
JUST FUCKING GREAT!
I keep swinging my warhammer again and again, ending the lives of many of these fools and sending some of them flying. Even though I was surrounded and outnumbered I had no fear at all, only excitement. I continued fighting them and yet more and more of them seem to keep coming without end. I was both pissed and worried because I feel my body grow tired. In order to survive I let my rage get the better of me and none of them have enough strength to begin fighting back unless there is something else at play here. But when the enemy is upon me I felt no worries anymore. Now it is all about swinging and fighting to stay alive, hacking away until this 'reinforcment' arrives. I was surrounded with corpses of my fallen enemies and I was very tired. I heard a collection of screams from both my front and behind, I looked and saw guards with long spears ready to pierce through me. I stood there and ready myself, but before they came any closer I saw a volley of arrows came down and killed those who charged against me.
I looked up and saw the night sky full of armoured thestrals coming to my aid. I guess these bat ponies are my reinforcment.
I slammed my warhammer on the ground and the crystal walls broke down into dust, allowing me to see the whole area again. It was completely on fire, and since I killed a lot of guards and demoralized them the bat ponies have no problem routing the rest. After a while I was joined by two female bat ponies, both with such revealing armors. They looks like twins but they had different hair colors.
"Take down these sun lovers! Show them no mercy!" Yelled one of them, who has dark purple hair.
"Give them no quarter! Let them tremble before the eternal night!" Shouted the other who had blood-red hair before looking at me with a lusty grin.
"Hey there, I'm Shadow Rose, it's and honour to meet you in person~." She said with a clear seductive tone.
What the heck, this is neither the time nor the place for any flirt!
In attempt to ignore her seduction I charges towards the celestial guards and send more flying. The fighting continues for some more time until a loud scream was heard.
"PRINCESS CELESTIA IS DEFEATED!!!" A shout was heard and we all looked up to see Nightmare Moon having an unconscious Celestia in chains and lifted by her magic.
"SURRENDER AND LIVE UNDER THE RULE OF NIGHTMARE MOON, THE QUEEN OF EQUESTRIA!!!" She yelled so loud I swore I could have heard it echo through out the whole kingdom. After a while everyone snapped out of their shock and kneeled down as a sign of surrender, all the bat ponies disarmed them all and gathered them to a corner. Nightmare Moon came, flying down with Celestia, holding here in her magic still. She handed her to two of her followers before she turned to the twins.
"Take those who surrender to the dungeons, summon all the nobles of Canterlot to the throne room and place HER in the oubliette!" She commanded and the twins bowed in respect to carry out her orders, suppose they are commanding officers in her army. After that command she came to me with a smirk.
"You did well, for that I thank you." She said in a polite tone and I bowed my head in respect.
"Glad to help, this means I can go on my own, right?" I questioned her and she still smirked.
"Yes you may if you want to...." She said like there is something else she want to talk about. I could see it from a far so I played along.
"Defeating Celestia is not enough for you. There is still something that threatening your rise of power?" I asked and she began walking around me, I guess she is impressed how I read her right.
"You are correct and that 'something' is nothing more than the Elements of Harmony. There is no doubt that is has new bearers who will most certainly be looking for them to stop me. I aim to capture them and take the Elements effectively getting rid of the danger once and for all. However, I know it is unwise to underestimate them. Even without the elements they can still put up a fight. But I have an idea of how to draw them out and bring them down." She explains to me while still walking around me, even traced my whole body with her soft hand while she still smirking.
"Pfft, where do I come in this?" I asked her.
"First I will make an entrance to a place known as Ponyville, I'm sure you remember that place. I am certain that the new bearers are there but I don't know who they are. I will make myself known to them so that they will travel to the castle of the royal sisters where the elements are. I need you to wait there when they arrived, you and I shall take them down together." She explains her plan to me.
"What's in it for me then, I got the impression that our business are done now." I asked out of amusement.
"Yes, and it's your choice if you want to help or leave. I won't think bad about you for any of it. However, there is a chance that I will fail to stop the elements of harmony. If that happens and they manage to free Celestia, put her back on power. What's stopping her to send the elements after you then? If I am defeated won't your freedom be in danger?" She asked.
Well will you look at that. That's what I call 'Honest Cunning'. She speaks truthfully but in a way that would not only benefit her but also me. Let me say this out loud, THIS mare has earned my respect. I chuckled inside my helmet.
"Point made. But do you think you can loose to bunch of rookies?" I asked with a smirk, trying to test her. She only gave me a sly smile.
"Rookies are known for beginner's luck. Do you think it's worth the risk?" She answered as she came close to my helmet with her face.
Let me say this, she got me there. If she is defeated by these new bearers of the elements of harmony, then they will no doubt come after me and I want to be left alone.
"You know what, You made your point very clear. I find it very beneficial to aid you in taking them down. You have my attention." I said, agreeing on helping her more.
"I'm going to that place to Ponyville and make my rule known personally, after that I shall eavesdrop on every house I come across. If the new bearers are not there I shall go to other towns to find them, if I do find them I will let you know. Until then, I need you to wait for me at the Castle of the Royal Sisters. It's a ruin now, but I'm sure you'll recognize it. I will first teleport you to that castle before I make my presence known, then I will come to you while you prepare yourself." She explains her plan.
"And I assume we must make our move now?" I asked, even though I already knew the answers.
"Yes." She said with a smirk and her horn lit, teleports us right away.
After that little flash light thing, I looked around and found this old castle as a ruin. Well now that we are here, Nightmare then told me to wait here until she finds the new bearers of harmony. She went up in blue sparkling smoke and flew away. While I waited for her I changed my armor into a more black bulky one with a shield and a helmet with shining jewels. Nightmare Moon returned an hour ago telling me that she found possible candidates since she heard them reading about the elements and came to the forest to find them. So she and I prepared us to confront them. She was surprised about my new armor and I explains about my powers. In return while we still waits she explains to me why she made an alliance with me, since she used to be Luna I though if she dosen't also hate me for killing Faust.
"That thought has crossed my mind a few times, I've been wondering about that all along I do think about it. But unlike my mother and my sister, I has always been a girl who question everything more than anypony does. During your imprisonment when I was still Luna, I questioned a minotaur who idolized you and he explains your point of view of your conflict with Faust. Putting it all together I have come to the conclusion that you were never a villain to begin with but only a poor hero. While you have been on the right, you simply choosed the wrong solution to your problems. For that reason, I can't feel any hatred towards you. Only sympathy." She explains to me her reasons.
I'm starting to develope more and more respect for her the more she explains her thoughts about me. Not only is she the darker version of Luna but she is the more reasonable version of her. She is both cunning and honest at the sametime, she stay true to her word and make sure they benefits her well, and more importantly she understands that sometimes the best thing to do is to give more in order to get more. I think I have made my decision on where I go next after this mission. Speaking of mission, the new bearers of harmony are comming. I can hear them from across the bridge, they crossed the bridge and here they are!
Look at that, here they are. The new bearers of 'harmony'. A purple unicorn with a mane and tail of various shades of purple, white unicorn with a purple mane and tail, cyan pegasus with rainbow mane and tail, tan pegasus with a pink mane and tail, pink earth pony with a cotton candy mane and tail, and a orange earth pony with a blond mane and tail.
They crossed the bridge and came towards the ruined castle, when they came closer to the gate that's were I and Nightmare Moon stood. When they saw us their eyes and mouths were wide as plates, and Nightmare Moon laughted like a villain. After a while, they all stood in combat stance, although the purple mare began starring at me.
"Nightmare Moon, who is that next to you?" She asked pointed at me.
"Why, my companion, obviously." She said in a mocking attitude while holding her right arm around my neck and shoulder. I don't mind that at all.
"You wanna know about me, you should ask me." I said, I don't really like being ignored. The purple one was about to speak again, but the rainbow haired dimwit beat her to it.
"I'll kick your flank for teaming up with her!" She yelled and charged at me instantly. I used my shield to block her attack and it turns out she hurt her right knuckle, distracted by her pain Nightmare Moon shoot a magic beam to her head and she fell unconscious.
"RAINBOW!!!" All the mares yelled.
Really? Rainbow... Her- her actual name is 'Rainbow'? Literally? You know what, nevermind!
"One down, five more to go. And we two can handle you all rather easily." Nightmare Moon said with confidence.
"Oh, but we are not two at all." I said with a smirk inside my helmet and they all looked at me with confusing face.
(Let me tell you all now. My new armor is called 'Hades Steel'. Because I have powers and abilities of Hades from the game God of War. Including the Soul of Hades, Army of Hades and the Claws of Hades.)
With my chest up, my arms folded together and my right foot lift up from the ground. I then stomped down my foot, threw my arms aside and roar, summoning the Army of Hades, flying into the sky and start attacking the other mares. The five remaining mares scattered to fight off the ghosts or run away from them. Purple’s horn glowed as she fired bolts of magic at then, she missed for the most part. That makes her distracted enough for Nightmare Moon the dash towards her and brought her right hoove-leg in the chest, I heard a couple ribs break but then I saw Nightmare shoot another spell at the purple's head and so she black out as well.
The other mares was having a hard time to fight off my Army of Hades; the orange mare trew alot of punches and kicks all around herself, the pink one just threw random objects at them at random directions each coming from seemingly nowhere, the white unicorn just threw magic bolts at them just to get herself beaten by my ghosts, the yellow pegasus didn't try to put up a fight so she lie down on the ground unconscious.
I used this as an opportunity to finish them three at once. I gave a mental command to my ghost to force them to go back-to-back on each others. I nodded to Nightmare Moon, who nodded back at me and she flew up in the air and her corn starts to glow. While my ghost soldiers flew around them to keep them together, Nightmare Moon casted one mighty magic blast strong enough to knock them all down. And so we won.
When I dispersed my ghost soldiers she flew back to my side.
"They still live you know." I said.
"If they die, the elements of harmony will replace them with new bearers and I can't risk allowing new threats to grow." She explains to me.
"Then what will you do then?" I asked her.
"I shall instead lock them all down in the deepest dungeon where there is no light or any other door for them to escape." She told me as she starts her horn again and this time she levitates them together back to back and conjured chains to bind them all. She even conjured rings and attached them to their horns.
When that was done, her horn glowed again and a then everything was white, as quick as a snap of a finger we all ended up in a room that I was very familiar with. It was the throne room of Canterlot. I remember it during my sacking of the city. When we came here, I noticed the whole place was crawling with her own guards.
"Take them all to the oubliette, soo deep they can never escape." Nightmare Moon commanded her soldiers. They all wasted no time and start dragging them away while I stood by and watched. After that, Nightmare Moon walked towards the throne and then sat on it, looking at me.
"The deed is done now, I will grant you a great amount of payment for your troubles and then you are free to go then." She offered. But out of mere curiosity I intented to ask.
"Does that means our business is done then?" I asked and then she just smirked at me.
"Indeed, but if you're interested I could use you for more things." She said, although she can't see through my helmet I'm sure she knows I raised my right eyebrown.
"You have proven to be a great warrior after all, it would be wasteful to simply let you go but also foolish to try force you to service. I would be very happy for you to still help me on future matters." She explains to me and I must say, her honesty has only enhanced my respect to her.
"What future matters do you have that you possibly need me for?" I jokingly asked her, I think she finds it amusing.
"I now rule Equestria and the Eternal Night will reign forever by me. But we both know that with every story ends, another always begins. And by that I mean I will face resistance and schemers that wants me gone. But also I have to deal with foreign leaders that will seek to take advantage of me and my position. I need all the support I can get." She explains to me before she stood up from her throne and walks towards me.
And if I'm not mistaken she is swaying her hips when walking towards me with (I think) bedroom eyes.
"I would be happy to have you as a personal bodyguard and head of military along with all the perks that brings. Your legends and prowess would help me rule Equestria much easier and my reign could last forever thanks to you. Wouldn't that be exciting for you?" She asked seductively and when she got closer to me she placed her hands on my breastplate before moving them around my neck and with her seductive eyes stare at me.
"You want me to swear an oath to you? Sorry to disappoint you, but I won't. I'm just a free travelling soldier for hire." I said but she didn't seems offended by it.
"I know you are, I have no intention to recieve an oath from you. You want payment, sure I can provide it." She said politely before continuing.
"Not just coins. But also a payment in soft touch~" She said in a seductive tone. You can all guess how suprise I was to hear that.
"So inexchange for this 'payment', I shall aid you in military matters and look after you." I said because I decided I had enough of games.
"Correct. Stick with me and you will find I can be very benefitting and interesting to you." She said half-happy and half-flirting to me. Ok, I think I'm going to like this employment.
"Fair enough. But don't go looking for me to bend the knee and "my queen" you every time you get drunk. I'm not your lapdog and I'm not your friend yet." I said. But she didn't seem disturbed by it.
"'Yet', I'm sure I will earn your friendship soon enough. But don't worry, we're in no hurry." She said before snapping her fingers and two of her guards immediately walked up to her and silently bowed.
“Escort this stallion to one of the guest chambers. And make sure he is 'comfortable' as well.” She said calmly and those guards bowed again before comming to me and motioned me to follow them.
And so I did, it was a ten minute walk through the castle to find a room that to my surprise had a king size bed. I though the royal bed chambers was the only one that had one. Once I entered this room the guards gently closed the door behind me and no doubt guards it. I could finally remove my armor and I put my warhammer aside. I changed into a normal brown leather armor.
I was without a helmet so now everyone can see my face (although I am alone in this room). I went to a desk that had a bottle of red wine and a glass next to it. I simply took the bottle, open it and drank it a little. I walked to the window where I can see the city from a far. As I keep watching it from here I reflect and remember when I once came here with my army and sacked the city in search for Queen Faust's daughters. Perhaps during the sacking my soldiers must have cause harm towards the city's civilians. If it was true, it was never my intention. I came because I knew the daughters of Faust would seek revenge for the death of their mother and also Canterlot was the home of Equestria's entire nobility, in short home of wealthy corruption and it must be taken care of. When a monarch dies all the other nobles would use their wealth and influence to enhance their power and the kingdom would fall into civil strife for the crown of Equestria.
I drank the red wine bottle a few more times as I looked out side the window. I kept watching the city getting stired up by Nightmare's martial law to get the city in order. There has been a few protests here and there, especially from the nobility that served Celestia, or claimed to serve her. All nobles only wants more wealth and power through her. They are so lucky that they didn't live during that time I sacked Canterlot because I would love to see their faces when my soldiers takes their wealth, destroy their homes and give them a few right and left hooks in their faces. Priceless if you ask me. Now I can see those who supported Celestia are now rounded up and brought away to be dealt with while Nightmare Moon's followers are now in power. If she was serious about bringing the eternal night, then she sentence the whole world to death.
An eternal night would mean no sunlight to grow crops, which means no food. And also the whole world would turn into an ice cube in the long run. So what Nightmare Moon is doing would be killing the whole world and all life on it. If I ever talk to her again then I will absolutely advice her about that. I drank the rest of the wine bottle and put it back where I got it and now I started to remove my leather armor, putting it right next to my warhammer. It didn't take long before I became a topless man with only my underwear on. I closed the window, pulled the curtains together before I slowly turned the lights off. I remembered where my king sized bed was and slowly went there and under the large sheet. It was very comfortable, furry and soft. Even the pillows are large and comfy, I have no doubt that I will sleep very good for the first time in thousands of years since my stone prison.
However, something is off. After a few minutes I felt something around me, the bed was somehow moving, or something moves around the bed itself. Whatever it is, it felt like something or someone is crawling around me. Correction, make that someones because it felt like two, I mean three was crawling around the bed towards me. I quickly open my eyes to see, even though it is dark I could somehow see something and it look like three shadowy figures with female shapes and they had glowing eyes, two of them were yellow and the third in the middle had green. After looking at them for a few seconds, I could see clearer who those three are. Two of them were the twins I meet when I fought the Celestial guards but I don't know who the third mare is. And if I'm not mistaken they are all completely naken. I remember those twins had dark blue-green fur with both dark-purple and blood red hair, although it is dark I could see the third mare have dark grey fur and have black and white hair in stripes.
Just when I said 'What the?' and tried to get up fast, those three mares pounced on me and lay atop of me. They where quick enough to remove the sheet away enough to feel my upper body and I swear I could feel all their breasts pressing down upon me while their faces were very close to mine. I just couldn't move as I kept looking at them as their seductive voices echoed in front of me.
"Afraid of us handsome? No need~" The twin named Shadow Rose said.
"You didn't see us but we were in the throne room, and our queen sent us when she said to make you more 'comfortable'. The other twin explains to me. Oh, that make sense, Nightmare you bloody vixen!
"For giving us and our queen this victory we would like to personally reward you, with us~" The third one spoke, licked her lips at their prize.
I tried to speak but I was interrupted when the twins start nibbling my ears, pressing their breasts at me and their hands caress my belly and nipples. While the third when down towards my manhood and slipped her hands inside my underwear.
“Oh don’t worry sir, tonight is your paradise. As well as ours~" The third mare giggles as they kept arousing me and make my manhood harder. No doubt I'm going to have a wild night. Kind of like I had before my stone imprisonment.
Five months after I escaped the village called Ponyville, I ended up in the Griffonstone.
When I ran away from that bloody Queen Faust who tried to murder me for no good reason, I had to go through this forest again and survive all the monsters that lurks in it. I felt bad for hurting the stallion who tried to help me and leaving the mare behind.
Anyway, after a day or two when I finally made it out of that god forsaken forest I made camp behind a large bush with a fire to keep me warm. When I was about to put the fire out after waking up from my sleep, I heard an awful noise from afar. I looked through the big bush and saw something similar I saw at the village, humanoid dogs marching and they have over a dozen horse humanoids in lined chains, both in their wrists and throats. Kinda like slaves, and my suspicions was confirmed when one of those dogs whiped one of the horse people in the back. Slavers are that kind of people I kill for free. Well you know what, I got a plan. I will hide and follow those slavers, they must have a camp or a hideout where they would keep the slaves to sell. If I find their place, I will then take action, kill every slaver and free every slave they got.
It took me an hour or two and I had to restrain myself from charging for seeing those poor equines getting whiped over and over again, but soon as I followed them I found their slave camp. A whole beach full of tents and cages, all the slavers where those humanoid dogs with whips and weapons keeping other species in chains. humanoid horses were one of those things, but there are also a few humanoid zebras, deers, and a few bird-like creatures with eagle heads and wings, talons as hands and cat paws as feets, and also a lion tail (I think they are anthro griffons).
Anyway, I decided to change from my Savage Chivalry armor into a new armor and this one will be more cool. I conjured myself an armor I call Whirlwind (Without the Horse). The reason I call it that is because it grants me wind powers and air magic. I walked right towards the slaver's camp and I saw a dog whipping one of those humanoid horses, a mare to be exact. And I heard the dog yelling at the mare.
"GET UP YOU LAZY WHORE, YOU PONIES ARE ONLY GOOD FOR WORK!" He yelled at the mare as he keeps whipping her.
So those humanoid horses are called 'Ponies', childish but okay.
Just when he was about to whip her again, I conjured a blade-shape wind that I soon send flying towards the slaver and cut his right hand off. He screamed in pain as he held his bleeding hand, loud enough to get everyone's attention. Just when he looked at my direction, I send another blade wind right at his forehead, cutting his whole upper head off. He bleed for a while before he fell down and died. I kept walking and the mare who was whiped, closed her eyes hard and put her hands over her head, waiting no doubt for her death. But I simply walked past her. I stoped when I was infront of every slave and slavers who looked at me.
It took a moment of silence before a a much larger dog came in front of me, I bet he must be their leader as it was wearing better armor, jewelry and a big two-handed broadsword.
"What do you want!?" He growled at me and said.
"You have five seconds to free all your slaves before I kill everyone of you and crush every chain here!" I said, threatening the slavers. While the slavers laughed out loud the slaves seems surprised, even hopeful.
"You must have a death wish if you think for a second that I'll-" The big slaver leader spoke before he was sliced in half by another of my wind blade. That surprised the dogs more as they are all silenced too.
Once they all looked at me I took a fighting stance with my warhammer and use my air powers to surround myself with an aerokinetic aura.
"Come at me if you all dare!" I challanged them.
A few of those slavers had the courage to attack me, my blood pumping in a way that it hadn't since I fought against Faust's soldiers. One humanoid dog dressed in a tattered mail shirt jumped at me with a sword. I just stood there as my air aura stopped and shattered his sword to million pieces, I took advantage of his confusion of his destroyed sword and with my raw strength I swung my warhammer and and split his skull. It didn't take long before another slaver with a long axe came at me, lifting his axe above his head in attempt to slice me in half. I used my air power from my heels to quickly charge right to him and with a very strong swing my warhammer was buried inside his heart. He died before he could even swing his axe down. As more and more slavers came at me I kept deliver blow after blow on everyone who dare practice slavery. I may not have noticed but I think every slave here looked either terrified and awestrucked by my combat display. During the fight, when I brought down my hammer into a slaver's skull, I then used my air magic to conjure a whirlwind jet from my legs to fly up and then came down and brought my warhammer down on the ground and send a powerful waves of wind that pushes all slavers around me away (also a few slaves who were not in cages, my bad).
I kept running around and swing my hammer left and right, up and down, going back and foward and kept killing every dog slavers I come across. The humanoid dogs are starting to notice that they are getting fewer and fewer in numbers and the whole camp is full of canine corpses. Now the dogs are so full of fear that they are starting to run from the camp, after a minute or two the fighting was finally over. All the slavers are dead and the rest has fleed, the slaves are the only ones that are alive and my whole body was covered in blood, even my hammer was completely red.
I notice as silence took hold of the air that every slave here are now happy to be freed from their masters, but they must also be afraid of what I'll do next. I looked around and saw them all in chains or/and cages, as well as a few of them are wounded. I brought my warhammer close to my face and lift it up a bit to preform an aerokinetic magic spell, make that two. Because first my warhammer surrounds itself with colourful winds in shape of a ball before it explodes. The slaves screamed a little, can't say I blame them but they all soon noticed that every cage is open and chains were gone. Soon I lifted my hammer up a little more higher and I send rainbow coloured waves of wind around the camp and healed every wounded slave in the camp. No doubt they were all surprised about what I just did.
"No more slaves, just free people. You are all welcome to go your own path and find your way home, you will recieve no harm from me. You all have my word!" I called out to all of them and they all seemed to relax as they now know I was not going to harm them.
When that was done, I placed my warhammer on my back and starts robbing the dead slavers. Taking the huge dog's empty coin purse and put alot of gold coins in it before I grabbed a huge bag where I can put food and other things in it such as gems, gold ingots, jewelry and a strange crown or some sort.
"Your's? Are you royalty?" I asked her as she came to me and gently took her crown from my hand, I didn't resisted. While it happened, everyone else was either staring at me or looting the dead slavers to.
"Yes, these slaver kidnapped me in attempt for a ransom. I thank you for the rescue sir. I am Princess Gianna of Griffonstone, daughter of King Glyn." She gently introduced herself, I guess it's only fair to give her my name.
"I'm Arton Ravenheart, and I'm just a travelling sellsword." I said and returned to looting corpses.
"Sellsword? I thought you were a knight send to rescue us." Said Princess Gianna, I think she's disappointed.
"Knights don't loot corpses, do they?" I counted her as I starting to feel full of money, food and values already in the bags. I start to get up to make my way but was stopped by the griffon princess.
"Anyway, I'll like to repay you for saving us all. Griffonstone, the capital of the Griffon Kingdom, is nearby. It will only be a day walk from here." She said while pointed at the south-eastern direction. Why not, anywhere except back to that Faust bitch.
"Why not, it's been a while since I have been in a city." I said
"Would you like to lead the way, princess?" I asked her.
"I can do that. I'm sure my parents would greatly reward you for what you did." She respond with a smile as she put herself some proper clothes on and put that crown of hers on her head. I guess it's meant for the griffons to recognize her.
"Those diamond dogs will now think twice before taking royalty hostage, your highness." A male griffon said to her, I guess he is her bodyguard.
Wait, wait, wait a minute! 'Diamond Dogs'? These dirty, stinking, two-legged mutts are called DIAMOND DOGS!?
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You know what, nevermind. I'm not gonna question anything in this new world. Just pretend to know it.
It seems every freed slaves agreeded to travel to Griffonstone city before taking the safe roads to their homes. So we all turned about and made our way passed the borders of the slaver's camp and out into the field that would take us to the road that would lead us to Griffonstone, but first we came across a town that was just miles away. After traveling for what seemed like hours, which it was, night seemed to have arrived faster than any of us expected but we arrived to a town which was closer to Griffonstone. We all agreeded to spend the night in that town before continue to travel.
Next morning, we all went on and we arrived after a few hours to the capital of the Griffon Kingdom. Griffonstone was no doubt a site to behold. We all made our way to the city gate, with Princess Gianna infront of us. As we were walking through the gate, two griffin guards stepped in our way but they recognized their princess and lightly bowed.
"Princess Gianna, are you alright? We all heard you were gone for some reason." The first griffin said.
"I'll explain later, for now I'll like to speak to my father about the matter. I hope you all can take care of these refugees until I get back." Princess Gianna explains to them.
" We will princess, your father awaits you in the palace. We will escort these refugees and make sure they are taken care of." The other guard said. But before we went, the princess spoke again.
"Wait, I'll like to bring one of them with me. Sir Arton, can you please accompany me to the palace, I promise you reward after all." She said while looking at my direction. Everyone start staring at me and it's already getting on my nerves.
"Alright then." I said as I move close to the princess.
"Princess?" One of those guards tried to question her, but she dismissed them.
"I'm in indebted to him. He is the reason we're all free. He will come with me." She said in a tone that says 'she won't take a no for answer'.
The guards said no more and stepped aside to let her and me through. It was a fine walk around the city, many griffons, male and females, were looking at us during our walk towards the royal palace. But I can't help but notice that most females was staring at me with lusty predatory eyes and smirks. Okay, I'm officially nervous. Can they all stop looking at me like that! Anywho, we arrived at a large castle of the city, I guess this is the royal palace. As we entered I can't help but admire the architectures and the fashion of this place, I can say the griffons did a very good job. We came to a room where we meet two griffons wearing rich clothes. One of them wore a black robe, and had black feathers. It was a black male griffon with a scar on his right eye, he was wearing armor under his robes, and was armed with a sword underneath, and he aslo wears a crown so I guess he is the griffon king. Next to him there's a female griffon dressed in fine wears, with a golden necklace around her neck. She had dark blood red tipped feathers just like Glider, but more black red on her feathers. She must be the queen because of that golden circlet on her head.
"Mother! Father!" Princess Gianna yelled as she flew quickly and embraced her parents and they returned the favour. They both asked her many questions regarding her well-being and what happened to her. She explains everything that those slavers ambushed her convoy and took her hostage for a huge ransom. Until she told them that she and the other freed slaves were rescued by me, and presents me to them.
"This is Arton Ravenheart. He's the one who killed those slavers and set us all free." She said with joy and so the king and queen looked at me with curiosity and awestruck. But before I could greet them, I didn't noticed there were two guards behind me.
"Why are you not kneeling down to the king and queen!?" One of the guards asked rudely. I hate that guy.
"I have no reason to, obviously!" I returned the rudeness in kind.
"You dare to-" Those two guards were about to jump at me but I quickly conjured my air aura and pushed them both hard against the wall. Every griffon was surprise at what I just did.
"Try that again, and it will be the last thing you will do." I warned them with a rageful voice to terrify them while looking at those two. I could see that they were shaking in fear.
"Guards! leave us now!" The griffon king ordered them.
"B- b- but-" One of the guards tried to protest but was interrupted.
"NOW!!" The king commanded and those two ran away and close the door so fast I couldn't see them. Damn they are fast.
Now back to the king and the queen, who now have gentle face.
"You have our most gratitude sir Ravenheart. I'm King Glyn and this is my Queen, Genna." King Glyn said.
"Tell me sir, you don't happen to be a free-traveling knight are you?" asked Queen Genna.
"No. Your daughter mistook me for one, all I am is a free-traveling sellsword." I simply said.
"I see." Genna said, her face look like she was disappointed or something (I don't know).
"Regardless, I would like to repay you for what you did for our daughter. But for now, since it is night you need to rest." King Glyn said. I looket outside the window and he was bloody right, it was night. How the hell did I not noticed it!?
"We have a guest room for you for tonight. Tomorrow there will be a feast in celebration for our daughter's return and you are most welcome to attend." He kindly said, I gave a respecful bow with my head and I was led by a griffon maiden.
It didn't look so bad you know. The room was well decorated and the bed looked like to be a queen size one, I don't know why but I won't complain.
"Here it is sir, enjoy." The griffon maiden said and winked before she closed the door behind her.
That was weird, but anywho: since it was night I decided to change my Whirlwind armor to my normal leather armor in order to remove it so I could jump into bed and get more comfortable. I put my warhammer aside and the leather part of my armor but just when I removed my shirt and would go for my pants I heard something. I heard a whistle behind me.
"DHAA!" I screamed in a jump as I quickly looked behind me, god I was startled.
Behind me I saw two female anthro zebras. I think I saw them once in the slaver camp and freed them, now I just wondered how they get here, who are they and why the hell are they wearing such revealing clothes.
(The reason that they are not surprised that I'm a human, a different species, is because when we stopped at the town before comming to Griffonstone I removed my helmet and explained to them my species)
"Did we really scared you?" One of them teasingly asked as they both giggled at my expense.
"NO, I just don't like all these jumping surprises, jeez." I denided.
"Ooohhhh so sorry~ Anyway, Princess Gianna send us here." The other zebra said and those two start walking towards me seductively, both eying me hungrily.
"You two, here? How? I thought she and I came here first." I asked, I can't really put it all together.
"Before we came here, she sends us ahead from that town along with her guard from the camp. She gave us a letter with her handwriting to stay here in the palace, at this specific room." One of them explained to me as they now start caressing my upper body.
So they came up here before I did.
"You saved us and set us free from that camp, and it's wrong to let our hero go unrewarded." The other zebra said as she and her friend gently dragged me towards the bed and playfully pushed me there. I was so aroused by their half-naked bodies I just feel so petrified. I blame Princess Gianna for this!
"We both agreeded to reward you, with us. This night~ " One of them giggled as they both starts stripping themselves and crawl towards me.
"Look- I- I have- never done this before in my life. I can't-" I studdered both because I'm too timid to go with the flow and I'm a virgin.
"OH! You're a virgin!?" One of the female zebra asked with great excitement, while her face was no too close to mine.
"Then we may as well be rid of you're virginity and make a stallion out of you then~" The other said seductively as she now pulling my pants down and gazed at my now harden carrot.
"Is it reallt a-" I tried to speak but I was cut short as one of them clutched me by the head and jammed her tongue in my mouth, aggressively making out with me. I just couldn't move an inch because of the shock.
While the zebra on my head make out with me, the other zebra start licking and sucking my carrot for a while before she moves. I start to feel a weight upon my hips as she already straddled atop of me. Reaching back she clutched my hardened carrot and guided the head to her slick marehood, moaning as she pressed back, spearing herself with its girthy length. Slowly she thrust her hips backward, methodically taking more and more of my length into herself, moaning whorishly all the while. Is this how first time sex feels like? Wild, chaotic, shocking and satisfying.
"Enjoy your first time stud, it will take all night~" The female zebra said while still invading my mouth with hers.
“Fill me up baby, give me that thick seed and claim my womb as your own,” loudly moaned the female zebra who keeps riding me, obscenely rubbing her clit with one hand while tweaking one of her nipples with the other.
I had no idea how long this took but I was starting to feel myself reaching my climax, these two hot girls just pushing me to the edge. The zebra on my hips starts picking up the pace of her bucking, arching her back as she came and slamming her ass down to engulf my length. I couldn't help but to moan into the mouth of the female zebra who was making out on me as I feel my carrot shooting my fill inside the other zebra's belly. I could still feel how my rod keeps launching shot after shot into the depraved recipient above. After a while the zebra on my hips slowly fell forward against my chest, panting and covered in sweat from her exertions.
"It's my turn now hun~" the other zebra seductively said as she lightly pushes the zebra on my hips aside.
Before I could say anything she raised herself up and moved backwards lining herself onto my still hard carrot. With one plunge deep into her we both moaned as she sunk herself down on my pole. Her wet soft insides massaging me in a delightful way. She then starts to ride me in a slow teasing manner, making me groan and her moan in excitement. Her insides tug and massage my member, the tip poking her cervix with every downward thrust she made. She was riding me for who knows how long. By now she was now panting more heavily and had starting to pick up the pace, it seems she was near to climax. So was I. This female zebra finally reached her climax first and with a load moan she sunk herself to the hilt on my carrot. With a pop I just felt ready and couldn’t hold out either. Her insides tugging and squeezing my pole in pleasure as I came into her. With that, my vision starts to blur and gets darker. I think I'm so tired I'm gonna faint by sex now. And so I did, I think.
=#After a while#=
I moaned and felt my own head aching a bit while I still laid within what felt like that soft king sized bed upon my back below me. However, there was also something soft my hand grasped, which was making a cute little sound.
"Ahhh~" I heard.
After a little confusion I now remembered what happened and realized what my hand was grasping. I opened one of my eyes a bit, even thought it was still night, I can see one of the female zebra laying infront of me snuggled up against me, with her hand caressing my face.
"Mmmm...Oh, yes...like that~" The zebra moaned in her sleep.
I can't help but to gulped and was unsure what to do, but I remember that there is a second zebra somwhere. I tried to move a bit but I soon found a pair of arms and breasts around and against me from behind would make escape impossible. That other zebra was clinging to me tightly.
"W- what the-" I tiredly said.
"Shhhhh~ Just go back to sleep, my sweet. It's still night and you need rest after this fun~" The zebra behind me whispered as she snuggled me.
I was a bit unsure, but I was indeed too tired to do anything else. So I decided to just lay there and hold the two female zebras around me tightly for warmth and comfort. The those two keep snuggle me and relaxed, I simply feel so much good I will have to thank Princess Gianna for this.
My eyes slowly drift open. With an audible yawn, I make an attempt to sit up straight... but for some odd reason, I can't even budge.
Wait, now I remember. Last night three followers of Nightmare Moon broke into my guest room and had a rough foursome. It was wild, hard and fun due to all the pleasure it gave us all. I fell asleep with those three mares, sleeping on me. Even as they all snuggled close to me, all nude just like me.
The twins were hugging my arms and their faces snuggle my face. The third one was sleeping on top of me, hugging me like a teddy bear. I was very stuck and it was still night. I don't know if I woke up in a next day or if it is the same day. Nightmare's eternal night makes it so confusing. Since it was still dark I figured I could still sleep on. But then I felt a soft hand gently caress my face and turned my face towards my left, and my lips was touched by soft, sensual one from one of the twins who seems to be awaken.
"Mmmmmmm~" She moaned into the kiss that were pressed so deep, until she finally broke it.
"Good morning, handsome~" She flirtingly said.
"Morning? Are you sure it's still not night?" I jokingly asked her.
She just giggled and leaned in to peck my lips with her own over and over, for a few times...before she went in for a stronger kiss and held it, and she moaned and just continued until the other two woke up.
"Good morning, you two loveponies~" The mare in the middle whispered seductively, causing the twin to stop.
"Morning you to mother." She said.
Mother!? Now that I look at her, she seems does look like a middle age mare although she's still attractive.
"Well Sir Arton Ravenheart, you have meet my daughters, Shadow Rose (left) and Shadow Star (right). I am Aqua Night, I am the commander of the Lunar force that assaulted Canterlot. We didn't meet because I was clearing the street while you and my girls fought the solar guards in the palace." She explained to me. Now all the three mares, who are awaken, starts to caressing and snuggling my whole body.
"You got very powerful stamina and strength, not only in battle but in bed too~" The mare to my right, Shadow Star, said with flirt as she reached for my lips with her own.
"I hope we can do this often, a real stallion to pleasure us is something you don't find everyday." Said Shadow Rose who starts nippling my ear.
"Alright, alright that's enough girls. As fun as it would be to continue a bit more, Queen Nightmare Moon expect us ready for duty as soon as possible. We are far from done with Equestria." Said Aqua Night to her daughters as she halted them from heating the situation again, much for their disappointment.
"Well I got a few words to take up with Nightmare myself. Let's not keep her waiting." I said and they all nobbed in agreement before all three of them gave me a peek on my face.
-:- 15 minutes Later -:-
While the mares dressed themselves in their revealing armors, Aqua Night was more fashioned with patters which showing her rank. I followed them, with a new set of armor that I only used once. I called it Wavebender. This armor allows me to perform a legendary form of magic that allow me to cast magical spells and feats through manipulating kinetic energy, with that I can use to strengthening my attacks, or tearing holes in walls with a simple touch, turn my warhammer's potential energy into kinetic energy, making it explosive, or cause a target to be unable to move or unable to stop if in motion. I can even use my armor's kinetic powers to create an aura that gives me enhanced physical capabilities such as speed, strength and durability.
I most definitely going to talk to Nightmare Moon about the Eternal Night thing since it has problems. Also I will want to know what kinds of jobb she would want me to do. I shook my head and walked on with the mares until we found Nightmare Moon in the castle's main dining room. The three mares went to her left while I decide to be on her right, I remove my helmet because I think it would be polite to talk to her face to face.
I let Aqua Night talk first.
"Your majesty, we are ready to carry out our duty to rid out Canterlot of those parasites that spread corruption everywhere." She said with strength and respect while she gave a slight bow.
"Very good, but we can't dispose of them all. Their wealth and influence are needed to bring stability to our kingdom so we must first judge which ones are worth sparing. Until then, I want you and your daughters to handle the imprisoned solar guards and see if you can sway them into joining the lunar guard." Nightmare spoke while she sat down and ate a little vegetables.
"Right away, princess." Aqua Night said before she and her daughters turned around and left, but not before giving me winks and swaying their hips flirtingly for me to see, I think.
After a few moments of that Nightmare was looking at me with a playful smirk.
"I take it you had a very good time with them last night?~" She asked with a minor cocky tone.
"You plotted this, didn't you!?" I jokingly accuse her while pointing my finger at her.
"Ooohhh, plotted what?" She childishly denied while giving me a innocent smile.
I snorted and sitt down on a chair next to her and I didn't have to wait for long for a servant mare to come next to me with a maiden outfit, asking me what I would like to eat. I asked if there is griffon menu, she said yes and went away to get it. I put my helmet aside and my warhammer next to it. I pour some red wine into a cup next to me and start drinking it.
"Well, since you're here. There are matters that I need you to do." Nightmare Moon said after to took a sip from her cup of wine.
"Matters such as?" I asked as I drank my cup completely and then the mare servant came to me with a plate of well grilled beef with mushroom and red wine sauce on it. It looks very delicious, I thank the mare gently with a smile and she bowed to me with a smile and a seductive wink before she walk away, moving her hips.
"With me being the new queen of Equestria I intent to bring alot of changes. But because I took it by force, my kingdom is still somewhat divided and now other kingdoms nearby will no doubt take advantage of it. I recieve some letters saying I should marry some of their sons and unite Equestria with their own kingdom while other letters demand that I should surrender or else they would invade." She explains to me her situation while I was eating my delicious meal. I listen to her while I was chewing the beef.
"However, I have a plan how to strike back at them and cause them to fear me. And that's where you come in." She said while looking at me with a sly face. I swallowed the beef in my mouth to speak.
"What would you have me do?" I asked her as I took another round of wine.
"I'm going to hold a peace meeting with other kingdoms as well at the grand galloping gala this year. I intent to bring those who tries to take advantage of my kingdom's crisis and I will present you to them." She explains to me, still wearing that smirk on her face. I start talking before she could open her mouth.
"You are going to tell them if they want you or your kingdom they have to go through me?" I asked while cutting a new piece of the beef to eat.
"Yes. I'll have you as my champion, when that day come I will challenge them in combat with champion against champion. With you as the 'Godslayer' and the 'Conqueror of Equestria' at my side, they either stand down or perhaps being arrogant enough to think they can defeat you. Either way, with you by my side would no doubt strengthening my kingdom's image." Nightmare Moon explains to me and I was chewing on my sweet, delicious beef.
"Well, just let you know that they are going to ask why I 'serve' you. I'm going to tell them that you hired me, since it's a mercenary's occupation to work for those who pays good." I said while taking another beef to my mouth. But she just smiles.
"And no doubt they will try to bribe you, saying that they would pay you double or tripple that I pay. Tell me, if one of them even offer you a daughter for a whore along with a mountain of gold in return that you kill me. Would you accept it?" She asked while she acts like a damsel(dumbass) in distress, I just swallowed my beef to talk.
"Accept? No. I would say 'If I break my contract with the night queen, what's stopping me from breaking my contract with you?' In short, if I betray my clients for bigger scraps no one would wanna hire me again." I explained to her as I drink some wine again.
"Excellent, then I won't have to worry about you turning back on me." She sound satisfied and went back to eating her food. Now is my time to talk to her.
"We do have a problem that you must take to consideration." I told her and earned her attention.
"This eternal night of yours would only bring death to the world. Why, because all life needs the sun to grow. Without sunlight, the planet will freeze and everything will die. This cannot happen. So I would advice you to bring the sun now and then, because you can't tell which day is what without both day and night, moon and sun." I explains to her, but after a moment of silence, she begins to giggle.
"Oh silly, I have already thought about that." She said and that confused me very much.
"With the aid of a group of alchemists I was able to create a lunar version of farming plants that only need moon light to grow. Therefore every farmer won't have to worry about not getting any food without the sun. As for the difference between today, yesterday and tomorrow. I have improved the moon a little bit, during day times the moon will act like the sun and it's light shall bring heat from it's lunar light beams, that way the world won't need to freeze to death. And therefore when the moon is down and is replaced with the sky full of stars, it will be the singal for the kingdom that it's 'night' and time to go to sleep. The next day will arrive when the moon brightens up." She explains to me with a cocky yet playful attitude, with a smile. While she drank a little more wine before looking at me and my half shocked face.
"So you see. My eternal night has no consequences. I was already aware of what the sun and day was needed for so I just needed to change my night into something better and therefore my Eternal Night will not bring harm to my citizents." She playfully assured me. I sight both in releif and irritation since that was a very cheeky way to tease me. I raised my wine cup towards her for a toast.
"I'll drink to that, you bloody vixen." I said and she brought her wine cup as we toasted and drank the wine. This mare just keep surprising me.
After their talk about the Kingdom's future, Arton and Nightmare Moon agreed that until the grand galloping gala comes Arton would not only help her train her soldiers to be strong but he would also function as a keeper of her peace, and she tasked him with maintaining order in Equestria, with generous payments of course.
During those months of Arton's life witnessed a fair amount of excitment. Many times, Queen Nightmare Moon called on him to bring renegade criminals and rebels to justice. Every time, Arton Ravenheart delivered.
It did not take long for his name to be recognized all across Equestria. He had successfully developed a reputation as an 'Lawbringer of the Night'. Arton was ruthless in his employment to Nightmare Moon and her justice. Thieves and rebels were arrested and brought into trials. Rapists and murderers lost their lives. He did not allow any corrupt party to sway him. Anytime a crime was committed in Equestria, the criminal and/or rebel was punished severly and harshly. And it is Arton who made it quite clear that no breaches of Nightmare's law would be tolerated.
Arton did, however, have standards. For instance, he went out of his way to ensure that all innocent parties were left unmolested. He refused to have guiltless blood on his hands.
During his time as Nightmare's favoured mercenary, Arton had the opportunity to become acquainted with many of her Lunar Guard. Aqua Night and her daughters already taken a liking to him but soon Arton would find himself stalked by too many mares for him to keep track on.
So everytime he finish a mission Nightmare Moon always give him good payment both in coin and allowing mares into his bed chambers. Arton Ravenheart cannot deny that thanks to Nightmare Moon his pocket is filled with gold and he gets alot of fun during night times.
Nightmare Moon and I was walking on the hallway on our way to the gala to meet with our guests and we were having a conversation while we were at it.
"You know Arton, there are going to be plenty of mares at the gala~" Nightmare Moon spoke with a flirting tone.
"Oh shut up, I have too many mares to worry about." I spoke in my defence.
"And beside, your plan for the gala is to terrify the world leaders, making them feel like they have no choice but to befriend with your Equestria." I kept talking, trying to change the subject.
"Indeed. But to be serious here, there are a few things we both need to worry about." Nightmare spoke.
"I'm listening." I said, paying her my attention.
"I have learned a few facts about other kingdoms that are very disturbing. For example, the deer kingdom is under the rule of a Caribou namned Dainn who believes in male superiority and every female in his kingdom are slaves only used as pets and toys for breeding purposes." Nightmare explains to me with a stern and rageful voice that could kill a god.
"I can imagine him to be an arrogant and vain monster, so be ready to be violent when needed to be. But if that wasn't enough, the griffon king and the feline king demand that I shall take one of their eldest son as my husband and join one their kingdoms, or else they would declare war on me. Then we have the zebra, the hippogriffs, the minotaurs and the ponies of saddle arabia complaining about not having the sun around for their crops. The dragons would no doubt try to exploit this crisis as see if they can take advantage of it." She explained her situation for me. Oh, that reminds me.
"Speaking of the sun, if the world is gonna have eternal night, were is it now?" I asked while we still walking.
"If Celestia can control the sun and the moon then so can I. The trick with my moon provided heat to the globe comes from the sun. The sun is actually behind the moon but in a very long distance away. That way the sun can't be seen and I adjusted the sun a little bit and send all it's solar light and effects directly to the moon which redirects it to our world." She explains to me with a smile as we made our way to the grand stairwell that led into the keep or to the dancing hall and the gardens.
Once we arrived, we stood atop the stairs watching the servants preparing everything for the gala and the guards stood next to the giant doors to the keep.
"Now first when the doors open, we shall greet the guests of Equestria before we meet our foreign rulers to begin negotiations. I do hope you can play along with this." She explains it to me with a face that looks pleading to me. I suppose there is no harm in being aristocratic myself since we will most of all greet noble fuckers.
"Alright, I am rather excited about how this will go. May I ask, how do you intent to present yourself infront of the foreign rulers?" I asked her.
"I'll just improvise." She said with a wink.
"Pfft, that explains Celestia's defeat." I said, giving her a complement. She smiled, taking it well.
After a few minutes the big doors opened up and a swarm of nicely dressed ponies came from them. Some of them turned to the garden while others went to the dancing hall. Although there are a few who are comming towards us.
"Shall I greet with a bow or a handshake?" I whispered to her.
"Handshake." She quickly whispered to me. And that's when two guests came to us.
Two mares to be exact. One of them wears a blue gown that didn’t expose too much of the chest, but instead exposed the area around the stomach. The other one wore a green dress with a long ‘V’ cut going down all the way to her belly button.
Oh great, we're gonna have some flirting here.
"Welcome to the Grand Galloping Gala." Nightmare said as one curtsied before her.
"Welcome indeed." I said while offer my hand for a shake. Which was recieved of course.
When those two walked pass us so that we could greet the next pair, I felt something weird on my back. My head turned to see those two mares walking away looking at me and gave me a wink at the same time.
"When we are done here, feel free to chase any poor souls in need of stress relief stud~" Nightmare teased me.
"I'm a sell-sword, not a prostitute!" I glared at her, she just giggled at my expense.
And so on she kept curtsied and me shake hands with more and more guests comming up the stairs. The process was ongoing and bloody boring at best. We greeted at least thirty ponies to the gala, two thirds of them are mares and they all giving me flirting signs. After who knows how long, Nightmare and I left the fucking stair way.
"Now with the worst part of the night done, walk around the castle as you like and just have fun.” Nightmare said gesturing the dancing hall where ponies would dance along and eat snacks from the tables.
"Thank you, come to me if you need anything." I said as I finally removed my helmet and make my way towards the dancing hall to eat something.
It had chandeliers hanging up on the ceilings, there were nobles both young and old dressed in fancy, and there were other species with the same type of outfits too. When I appeared with my warhammer on my back and my helmet under my left arm, almost everyone was staring at me and start whispering things about me. Don't know, don't care. I ignore them to make my way over to the food table where there are all possible snacks to be had. I was glad it had red wine, marsipans, chocolate and fruits. I was enjoying myself until I felt arms of someone behind wrapped tight around my body, that startled me a little.
"How joyful it is to see you here, gorgeous." I heard a female voice from behind said. I turned around and it was no other that Aqua Night wearing a violet pronovias dress.
"Aqua, are you off duty?" I asked because this is a welcoming surprise.
"Yes, our queen gave me and my daughters a night off. I'm glad that you are not working as well." She said with a bit of joy in her voice as she took a glass of wine to drink.
"Were are your girls now?" I asked because I don't see them here.
"They are at the royal garden. They are actually looking for you~" She winked at me while she still slurping her wine.
"Maybe I should go looking for them and- oh nevermind." I was interrupted by seing them already here infront of me.
Shadow Rose and Shadow Star also appeared with very good looking dresses. Rose has a nice red chiffon evening dress while Star had a dark blue mermaid sweetheart sweep train burgundy lace prom dress. Both of them came fast and start leaning on me in a seductive manner.
"Hi there Arton~ Hope we didn't interrupted your free time here." Shadow Rose said as she hug my right arm right between her breasts.
"What do you think about the gala Arton?" Shadow Star, on my left, asked me while she caress my chin.
"The gala has barely started and this is my first time in it, so I have no opinion about it so far." I answered honestly.
"Then let us go around and present you to other ponies here, I know a few ponies here who will be delighted to meet you." Said Aqua Night, and so we all start walking around the hall.
We began to walk around and meet with the nobles and talk to them. Well, at least to the ones who were not disgusted or terrified by my presence. A group of nobles gathered their courage and put their nasty attitude aside and began to approach me. They all looked either nervous or envious since I made a name for myself for suppressing banditry and hunt down those who oppose Nightmare Moon's rule. When nobles came closer to me, they greeted me and started conversations with me and I was able to socialize with them with Aqua and her daughter's help. After what seems to be fifteen minutes, I felt some kind of heating point in my body, specifically in my right shoulder. I looked at it and I saw a heating light touching it like a laser light, it has a small beam behind which lets me see where it is comming from. My eyes followed it and I saw that it was Nightmare Moon who use her magic from her horn to conjure a burning light beam to get my attention. As soon as I looked at her she turned off her magic and motioned with her hand to come, I guess now it's the time to meet with the world leaders; I must excuse myself.
"I apologize, I need to check some important things. It's a pleasure meeting you all." I said and manage to walk past them and I approached Nightmare.
"Excellent, now all the world leaders are waiting for us. Time to make an impression." She said as she smiled with delight as we walked right into the meeting, I put my helmet back on my head.
As we got in there were 8 creatures in the meeting room. I first saw an elder griffon with a black-purple royal robe, decorated with gems. He wore the same crown King Glyn wore in his life, he also have a scar over his beak and from cheek to cheek. Right next to him was a big and muscular dragon with a crystalized scepter. Next was a male deer (a caribou I think) wearing heavy leather armor with thick leather straps around him and he had a mean look as soon as I walked in, I bet that's King Dainn. I also saw a huge minotaur with thick heavy steel armor, while wearing a crown made of bones which looks threating, and armed with a large two-handed sword on his back; a warrior king no doubt. Next to him there is a humanoid lion with golden fur and blue mane (and blue beard) and he wears an impressive red armor with golden trim, and a cocky smug (I hate that). Then I see a male zebra with a golden crown of olive leaves, he also wears an expensive attire, such as a dark green velvet doublet embroidered with golden suns. He drapes a cloth-of-gold half cape over the doublet with an emerald brooch. Then next to him I see a female creature who I think is a queen of another species. She had a beak for a mouth and her eyes were a beautiful magenta color, which matched the color of her hair, though it was also violet colored at the tip. She wore a crystal blue dress that made her look like she had high authority. Her body was mostly made of light pink feathers. The last one, an earth pony from Saddle Arabia no doubt, wore a simple golden ring-crown around his head and he wears an array of different colorful clothes brimmed with jewels (crazy if you ask me).
But that's not all, each of these rulers are accompanied by what I think are bodyguards, sons or daughters; or those who accompanied the rulers are just emissaries. Nightmare Moon came and sat down on a silver chair.
"Thank you all for coming to this great meeting to sort out our differences. I'm Nightmare Moon, Queen of Equestria and ruler of the eternal night. If you all have any request for me, feel free to make them known. I wish nothing more than peace and partnership with all of you." Nightmare Moon present herself to the world leaders.
The female pony with the beak speaks first.
"Queen Nightmare, I Queen Novo of Seaquestria, humbly would request if you would allow the sun to be set out in the sky again. Without it all our crops would grow cold and die and we won't be able to grow any food." This Queen Novo asked and other rulers nobbed in agreement.
Nightmare just smirk and simply said that she will not allow the sun to rise up again, but she did mentioned to them all about her lunar crops that can grow food during night time and that the moon would bring heat from it's lunar lights. She offer her newly made lunar farming plants to the other kingdoms inexchange for all their trade such as lumber, coal, iron ore, and things to make gold with. They were all astonished by her invention, and most of them seem to be content to let the night last forever in return to be able to grow food in the night and recieve solar heat from the moon. However, not all of them were happy. The caribou, griffin and lion kings stood up with angry faces.
"NEVER! We will always need the sun! So you will bring it back!" This King Dainn have the fucking guts to demand her.
"Even if the moon bring light and warmth as you suggest it dosen't have the needs that the sun provide. Without the sunm there can be no balance." The griffin agreed with him.
"Unless you want a war, you better bring day back!" The lion demand the same way a spoiled brat would.
However, Nightmare Moon stood her ground and stay strong.
"War? That would be most unwise of you all. If you three choose war, you will loose." She said, as calm and confident as ever.
"You mare must be very stupid to think you can defeat three kingdoms at once with your own, small and weak one." Dainn said with arrogance.
"And how do you expect to beat us?" The lion king asked.
"With the slayer of Queen Faust, of course" She said as she use her hand to present me.
And that shocked everyone in the room as they all stare at me, gods above I hate this sort of attention.
"Y- you're- Arton Ravenheart!?" The griffin king asked while shaking, he seems nervous.
"Glad I'm remembered. It is also nice to see the crown of King Glyn being worn." I said because I'm quite amused by this nervous bird.
"Why do you serve this mare sir Arton!? What make this female more worthy of your service!?" King Dainn asked as if I'm doing something unnatural.
"Money, what else? And a bit of adventures too." I simply said, then I continued.
"But more importantly, if the goddess Faust could not beat me, what chances do you three have?" I said, using their own arrogance against them. It does seem to work on the griffin king.
"In that case, I take back my words and accept your previous offer Queen Nightmare, if you agree to it." The griffin king said.
"Wonderful, King Gallar. I'm looking forward for both our races to come into friendly terms." Nightmare Moon said to the griffin king, Gallar, in a polite manner. But she continued, and with a hostile attitude.
"As for you, Dainn and Tomba, unless you will also reconsider my offer and choose peace with my kingdom. You two are only digging your own graves!" Nightmare Moon spoke out with an iron will and strong stand like a real queen. I really like her. But Dainn didn't take it well.
"Know your place mare. You are beneath me and have no right to demand anything from me. Regardless who serves you, a war against me is a war you can't win!" Dainn said so furious as he make his way towards Nightmare with his bodyguard. He only stops when I got in his way.
"Why don't you go back to your seat, animal!" I said very sternly because I hate him already.
I can already see him glaring hateful at me, but his bodyguard held his hand on his sword like he's gonna cut someone down.
"Let's not do something stupid." I said looking at Dainn right in his eyes, I dare him to do something stupid.
After what I think was ten seconds, Dainn snaps his fingers and his bodyguard pulled his sword, he was comming towards me. But before anyone else could react, I snapped my left hand out and shoot an ice spike at the bodyguard. Right at his face and killed him instantly. Dainn looked surprised that his bodyguard died and the moment he looked at me, I delivered a bone-crushing right hook punch in the jaw (due to my Enhanced Hammermanship, I was strong enough to bend a horseshoe with ease). He fell down to the ground and many world leaders was really surprised at that.
"That was something stupid." I mocked Dainn as he still whining over his broken jaw.
"Indeed, and I think this is were you leave and never come back!" Nightmare Moon spoke smugly and used her magic to teleport Dainn away.
"Anything else?" Nightmare asked, still wearing that smug face of hers.
The rest of the meeting went rather well in the end. Not only does the lion king, Tomba, step down from threatening but he seems to drop the suggestion of her marrying his elder son. Every other leaders seems content to provide Nightmare Moon all the trade she need for her lunar agriculture. If I'm not mistaken, I saw a bright smile from Queen Novo of the Seaquestria, and a very happy smile from her companion who I think is her daughter. The gala will still be going after our meeting but it will no doubt be short.
After we finished the meeting, Nightmare and I decided to have a talk outside the door while the other leaders decide to walk around the castle to enjoy the rest of the gala.
"Well that went good. Now 'my' Equestria has restored all the trading partnership with other kingdoms." Nightmare Moon said with a content smile. I start to speak with my helmet removed.
"After what happened to Dainn, I doubt he's gonna let this slide." I reminded her and her smile turns to a sad frown.
"Yeah, King Dainn rules a very powerful kingdom. Although he's an animal, make an enemy of him is not a good thing." She said in a worried tone.
"So tonight is not the best nor the worst night ever. It's the best/worst night ever, or is it the other way around?" I joked.
And after a minute or two, both Nightmare and I began to laught out very loud.
“Oh Fuck Yes!~ You feel much bigger than you look!~"
That noise happens to be me and a bat-pony maiden (Fast Wind) having a long, lusty make-out session which lasted for quite some time, followed by Aqua Night, her daughters and another maiden comming to my room, mounting my carrot and finally connecting below, which only brought out a passionate and sexual session lasting like twenty four hours. We have been doing that without any interruption. While I was busy with this maiden here, who was making out with me on the bed while she wrapped her arms and legs around me; Aqua Night, Shadow Rose, Shadow Star and the other maiden (Dark Fang) moaned, seeing starts and angels, as they felt my seed inject into their wombs.
The reason that this happens is because, Equestria is at war. Remember how I broke the jaw of King Dainn of the Deer Kingdom, that counted as a declaration of war. Nightmare Moon didn't have any problem with other kingdoms, but now King Dainn must be dealt with. And since I was the one who strucked first, I'll lead the charge. From what I remember, is that the Deer Kingdom lies far north-west from Vanhoover. The path between it and Equestria is very mountainous and there is only one road that link both Equestria and Deer Kingdom together. Which is perfect because I have a plan on how to win.
Before I go into that, I still have mare to please who is still thrusting, moving up and down, with the sounds of our bodies slapping against one another. I had my arms around her and gave a little thrusts of my own to help her feel pleasure, while she keeps pleasing me. After a few moments of love making that we embraced each other more closely and thrust harder on each other. We thrusted faster and harder, feeling our climax approaching.
"Yes! Yes! OH FUCKING YEEEES!~” She screamed and her marehood squirted with her juices and her inner walls squeezed my rod, while I shoot my seed right into her womb.
It all felt amazing, warm, and so good. Then we both gently fell down to bed with the other mares, she was still on top of me. After we landed on the bed together, Aqua Night, Shadow Rose, Shadow Star and Dark Fang crawled closer in and we all snuggle next to each other. I was completely covered in naked, warm, sweaty mares; like a blanket. Soon, we all drifted off to sleep with each other, I will definitely be ready for a new war.
-:- One Day After -:-
I came to Nightmare Moon in her throne room, to speak with her about this situation. She was sitting in her throne while another bat-pony in armor stood next to her. She has purple-blue fur and violet mane and tail, with red-pink bat-wings. I came in and walked closer to them and the two of them looked at me. Nightmare gave me a friendly(scheming) smile while the other bat-pony had a serious face.
"You wish to speak to me?" I politely asked.
Nightmare nobbed and was looking at my armor (I held my helmet underneath my arm and my warhammer on my back).
"I see you are ready, with such armor on." She said, I know she was teasing so I play along.
"Do you like it? I won three battles in a single day with it." I explained since it was one of the armors I carried during my war against Faust.
"Well you are going to win a war and make it short. First I want to introduce you to Scarlet Night, general of my newly formed Lunar Legion and younger sister to Aqua Night." Nightmare Moon introduced the mare to me.
"It's a great honour to meet you Sir Arton Ravenheart, I look forward working with you." This bat-pony mare greeted me with good manners. But I can see the she seems a bit uncomfortable.
"Great to meet you too, General Night." I replied with good manners too.
"I hope you are well rested and ready for this mission of yours." Nightmare Moon said, no doubt with a hopeful tone.
"Now before we get into business, I want to make a few details clear. If you want me to kill a king, take over his kingdom, conquer land for you. Well that is going to cost you a mountain of gold, literally. Or at least something of equal value. I can supress banditry and revolts for cheep, I can kill rapists and slavers for free, but I don't go to war without a huge payment. I didn't conquer Equestria for fun, I did it to make Faust leave me alone. And that was worth more than all the treasures in the world." I explained myself. Scarlet Night didn't seem to like how I made myself clear as a mercenary, but Nightmare Moon didn't seem disturbed and still smiled.
"That, is already taken care of, my friend. I have ordered the construction of a big castle for you in the Foal Mountain, in there you can store all your riches and do as you please there. Once it is completed, I shall give you official lordship over the Foal Mountain. You will be given servants, guards and... even maidens to your liking.~" Nightmare said with the last part in a teasing flirt. I can see from here that general Scarlet Night did not like it and held her distaste attitude.
I was quiet there for a moment because I was expecting us having a bit of debate about my reward for killing Dainn. But this mare has already figured out how to bribe me. You bloody vixen, you already figured out how to motivate me. Well, let's see how you respond to my answer.
"Well, then I'll let you know this. With this castle, my fighting days will be over. But my spirit of adventure will not be buried. So for this, I'll bring you Dainn's head, I'll even give you his kingdom for you to do as you see fit, alright?" I playfully said and it seems to amuse Nightmare.
"Excellent, as long as you have your spirit of adventure I'm happy to have you in my kingdom." She replied with a happy smile.
"Now then. General Night, how many soldiers do you have in the Lunar Legion?" I asked the stern mare.
"Over five thousand. They are all well trained and highly disciplined." She answered me.
"Can they all fly? (She Nob) How fast can they get to the mountainous path far north-west from Vanhoover, into the Deer Kingdom territory?" I asked her again.
"From here they can get us there less than four hours." She answered me.
"Perfect (I put my helmet on my head). Let's move now, I have a plan." I said and with that we are on our way into battle.
-:- After 4 Hours Flying -:-
After what Scarlet Night said, four hours of flying we entered the Deer Kingdom close to Equestrian borders. Like I said, the only path to Equestria is straight and simple, with mountains on the sides. This make the road looks more like a ravine. This is perfect, before we departed Nightmare Moon told General Scarlet Night that I will be in command due to my experience in warfare. She does not like it for a second, but she obeyed. When we arrived I told her to send scouts to find the enemy army that would come here to invade Equestria. While they were at it, I instructed Scarlet Night to divide the Lunar Legion into two divisions and place both of them atop the snowy mountains since they all could fly.
This may be irrelevant but I noticed that two thirds of the legion are all females, I wonder if we are having a gender discrimination here or something.
Anyway, I told General Night that my plan is to both harass and terrify the Deer Kingdom army, or should I say Caribou army since we are fighting a king who want male supremacy to the world. The Lunar Legion will use the high mountains, the snow and the darkness of the night to their advantage. The first thing I'm gonna do is to single handedly cause havoc to the enemy army, when that starts sending volleys of arrows and spears from the night sky where the Caribou can't see them. I also told Scarlet Night that while I push forward I want her to reform her legion into line units, the purpose of it is to dive attack through the Caribou army and killing as many as possible before quickly disappearing back to the dark mountains.
"Sir Arton, is this really a good idea?" General Scarlet Night asked, a little doubtful and worried about my plan.
"I'm certain of it. I'm strong enough to cause a lot of damage with a frontal assault, but you and the Lunar Legion can terrorize them from the dark of the night. You will be able to decimate their horde with these quick hit-and-run attacks, take down their supplies or kill their officers. I suspect our enemy army to have superior numbers so all we can do is use the weather, the terrain and our legion's natural adaptation to the night to our advantage." I explains to her.
"I understand completely that we must fight smart. But I think you are a little over your head if you think you can fight them alone in the open." She argued.
"Pfft, who said I'll fight them alone?" I teased her, but she seems confused.
"But you want the entire legion hide in the mountains, you didn't say you would have some of our soldiers fight with you." She pressed her arguments.
"Because I will not have any of our soldiers fight beside me, they do best from hidding and use their speed." I simply said.
"But who will you fight with if not our soldiers?" She still seems confused.
"This enchanted armor I'm wearing has special abilities, and those special abilities includes necromancy." I explained with a bit of pride.
"Necromancy?" She seems surprised.
"As a soldier, you should know the military advantages with necromancy. With the ability to resurrect the fallen almost at a whim, this is a tactic consist almost entirely on the use of attrition warfare. As the undead ranks absorb the enemy attack, their ranks would be continuously bolstered by freshly resurrected warriors from their own and those of the enemies. Eventually, the dead would so outnumber the living that victory is almost inevitably ensured." I explained her my plan.
"I- I see what you mean. But I-" She would try to say something until some of our soldiers came and interrupted us.
"Sir, General. Our scouts has returned with news." The soldiers reported.
"Good, we were waiting for this." I said as she and I came to hear the reports.
The scouts came to us from the sky and landed on their knees.
"Sir, General. We discovered an army of Caribou warrior are comming to this road, we believe they are over fifty thousand soldiers. Not only do they consist with foot soldiers and archers, but we also saw a few unusual beasts that they must have tame and going to use them for war." One of the scouts reported.
"Fifty thousand!?" Scarlet Night said in shock. I just smiled.
"Perfect, if we pull this through and win our chances of ending this war quickly will be ensured!" I said with a happy tone.
"Hey hold on! Now you just sell the skin before you killed the bear! We are barely ready to fight an army with that many soldiers!" General Scarlet Night cried out loud like a tantrum while flailing her arms quick.
"In war, numbers alone has no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power. All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make them believe we are near. Are we clear?" I quoted Sun Tzu from his Art of War philosophy in order to shut her up.
It seems to work because she appears to be lost for words. So before our argument could continue, I turned to the scouts.
"When will our enemies arrive?" I asked them.
"They will be here like two hours." The scout said.
"Gather the legion together here, I shall make an announcement." I ordered the scouts and they nob before they flew to do it.
"What kind of announcement are you going to make?" Scarlet Night asked.
"They must know about our enemies. We have to tell them that we're going up against an army that outnumber us ten to one." I answered her.
She seems unsure about it.
"The soldiers will no doubt be scared, but I know a way to motivate them into courage." I said with outmost confidence.
It took at least twenty five minutes for the Lunar Legion to gather up and be in formation. Then I came atop of a hill with General Scarlet Night next to me. They all look at us, giving us all their attention.
"We summoned you all here to tell you the truth. Our enemies are comming and they are comming here on this very road." I first said, and they all muttered to themselves before I continued.
"The worst part of the news is that.... They are fifty thousand warriors, they are far more than us in numbers!" I called out and they all seems to worried about our enemy's superior numbers. But I raised a hand in the air to silence them and it worked.
"The good news is that they are unaware about our location, our presence in this land which gives us the element of surprise on our side!" I said, although I doubt that it help at all.
"We are talking about an army who wants to make slaves out of every female in the world. That includes your own families too. Your mothers, daughters, sisters, wives and friends, they would have them turned into nothing more than brainless animals that would beg for a lifetime of breeding! We are facing an enemy who knows nothing but lust and greed!" I yelled to get their attention again.
"I understand that you all are afraid of fighting a huge army. But can you live your lives out knowing that everyone you cared about will live in a future of eternal suffering and did nothing!? Would you not prefer die fighting for those who means the world for you than to allow these monsters to violate them forever!? Because I would rather fight." I said with more sterness in my voice before I continued.
"You all have something to fight for. Something to live for. And now we come to this most distant place in the Deer Kingdom, where across from us, Dainn has send a vast army to invade your home and take all that you hold dear!" I said pointing at where the army would come.
"Sure King Dainn has so many followers. But look again at the Caribou horde and ask yourselves. Who is this king who tells his own subjects to preform rape and slavery against those of opposite gender, even your own kin!? In a most despicable and cowardly manner?" I said with a little anger in my voice, and it seems that the Lunar Legion shares my anger.
"Who is this king, Dainn, who enslaves his own men to fight? Who is this king but a king of air? These men do not fight for their homes. They fight because this king tells them they must. And when they fight, they will melt away like the air. Because they know no loyalty to a king of slaves. But we are not here today as slaves. We are here today as free citizents of Equestria!!!" I yelled out loud, earning a great cheering from them.
"And though outnumbered, I say to you who know the price of tyranny. A price way to high to even live with. You all have a strength born of your hearts and all their arms, their numbers and all their warbeasts will mean nothing in the hands of slaves. Some of you, maybe even myself, will not live to see the next comming moon over these mountains today. For I will be in the very thick of battle with you. But remember this: The greatest honor that anyone could ever achieve is to live with great courage and to die with his kins, in battle for his home." I said and that earned me another great cheering.
"Let me tell you all this, what every warrior have known since the beginning of time. Conquer your fear and I swear to you all, you will conquer death itself!" I cried out loud and the Lunar Legion cheered for me again.
"The Caribou have the numbers. But there are alot of things they don't have. The knowledge of our existence, the mountain, the snow and more importantly, THE NIGHT! We command the the Night itself. And all of it wonders... and horrors! This night is yours and yours alone, and by their blood you will become heroes for all eternity!" I yelled out loud and they all cheered for me even louder, I then stretch my arms out and look at the night sky.
"As we fight them. In a battle for one chance, just one chance, to meet our enemies and prove them all that they may take our lives... but they'll never take our freedom!" I yelled out as loud as I cound and they all cheered and roared much louder than the last times. I could see so much pride, anger and confidence in their eyes that I know we can win.
I backed away a little before I turned around the walk, allowing the officers and the general to take charge. But before I could walk away futher I felt a hand on my right shoulder. I turned to look and I saw that it was Scarlet Night who held me.
"Well spoken Sir Arton. I now believe we can defeat this horde." She said and this time she look at me with a genuine smile.
"Let's prepare, General Night. It's time to prove the world just what we're made of." I said. She nob and take over for me while I will prepare to do my part.
In the snowy mountains, acting like a ravine for a road came a huge army marching for war. On the road the Caribou army is marching with the clanging of steal began to thunder over the horizon. Some of them are riding some sort of warbeasts and they are armed with iron swords, axes, spears, and they carries object that looks like a statue of a glorified warrior or something like that. This army of 50 000 Caribou warriors intent to conquer Equestria with their heavy metal and leather armor on, and with the intention to enslave every female of the kingdom while brainwashing every male into their faith.
However, after an hour or two, something is happening in front of them. Some black-green thing of smoke flew around the sky before it crash landed in front of the army, cause a smoky explosion of black and green to get their attention. The army stopped to see what that was. Two armored caribou that look like roman centurions, walk ahead of the army to explore the sickly black-green mist formed from the explosion.
But before they could come any futher to the mist. I, Arton Ravenheart emerge from the mist and start walking towards the huge army. The two armored caribou saw me before looking at each other and then at me again.
"Who might you be!?" One of them asked me as I kept walking.
"The death of all of you." I spoke with a voice of a nazgul.
"You must be joking! How can you possibly fight us alone?" The other caribou mockingly asked.
Before any caribou could react, I jump up into the sky and made a very powerful Shadow Strike on the ground where many caribou soldiers are and with my warhammer I struck the ground with a lethal Wraith Flash and kill a lot of caribou soldiers. When that was done my gondorian ghosts drew their swords and start attacking the caribou. When I was surrounded and protected by my ghosts, I used my wraith ability to raise dead caribou and turn them against their own comrades.
-:- Third Person's POV -:-
While Arton Ravenheart push forward with his undead soldiers and gondorian ghosts. The Lunar Legion that divided itself into two hid right behind the mountains on both sides, start forming into squads of soldiers forming lines and began to dive attack through the Caribou army and disappear in the darkness of the mountains. As several bat-pony squads chip away at the enemy army the other squads began launching volley after volley of arrows and kill many caribou from a far.
After a few swings through the caribou army and killed many of them with their swords, spears and speed, the squads would switch place with the ones who shoot rains of arrows. All these multiple attacks with adaptive teamwork by repeating these strikes and switch places with the ones sending vollies of arrows at random, their undead allies keep on pushing forward in their frontal assault and keep killing many caribou who would rise again against their own.
While Arton Ravenheart lead the undead horde to pierce through the enemy army, he entrust General Scarlet Night to be in charge of the dive attacks from the mountains and continued her repeated sneak-attacks, devoting her efforts into tripping up the caribou army and whittling away their numbers.
The caribou army was already starting to crumble and fall apart. This surprise attack has already killed far too many of their own warriors in short time. While a stranger with necromantic powers charge forward killing their soldiers and raise them against their own, the starless and moonless night is bringing death from the sky way to quickly for them to really know what is happening. The bat-pony soldiers of the Lunar Legion are far more adaptable to the night and can also operate better in dark environments.
Raising soldiers is not the only thing that Arton Ravenheart use in battle. He also use his wraith powers to summon a few caragors, a graug, a drake and a cluster of big spiders to battle. With numerous of unknown creatures (and a creature misstaken for a dragon) fighting along side the undead horde, and unseen quick-attacks from the dark of the nights causes the Caribou army to loose their numbers in a quick rate. Within an hour their 50 000 was dimmed down to 45 000, in two hours the 45 000 became 38 000 and it didn't take too long for that 38 000 to turn into 26 000 soldiers.
-:- Arton Ravenheart's POV -:-
While leading the frontal assault, I marched on into the vast horde of these antlered rapists. One unlucky axe wielder tried to charge at me in a desperate rush, only for me to swing my warhammer with enough force to rip the stag's head clean off. With the backwards momentum, I swung my great warhammer at another attacker, sending him flying through the air right back into his fellow caribou. Yet another caribou tried crossing swords with me and received a swing so strong it broke his iron shield in two and nearly tore his arm off. It was like this every step of the way, and the way was very long.
Since I summoned a drake to bring fire on the caribou, I didn't see any bat-ponies trying to attack it. I bet Scarlet Night has already figured out that it was on our side and ordered her soldiers not to harm it.
While the Lunar Legion was whipping out the numbers of the caribou army, my warhammer was painted red and my veins were pumping with adrenaline. I always find myself a trail of corpses, no matter how far I walked. It seems that my gondorian ghosts can die if you strike them with many slashes enough and they disappear into thin air. The good news is that for every one gondorian ghost and bat-pony soldier corpse there were about a dozen or more caribou who won't live to fight another day.
Whenever I feel exhausted, I take a few step backward and allow my undead soldiers deal with them. In the progress I raise more and more caribou warriors and ordered them to charge forward. After watching the battle from a distance, I recover myself the energy I spent. For a while I was enjoying watching the battle from afar, the world was almost completely black but I could see well how the battle goes and it goes well for us. Scarlet Night has proven to be a competent and dutiful commander, she also proves to be smart by ordering her soldiers not to attack my drake. Already I feel like we are winning, I keep pushing forward and the caribou seems to have not even figured out where the Lunar Legion is coming from. When I feel rested enough, I joined my undead soldiers on the battle and raised more dead.
When I joined the fight, a sword came to greet me straight in the head. I quickly grabbed it with my left hand and quickly delivered a fatal blow with my warhammer with my right hand. Three more soldiers tried to stab me with their pikes. One of the soldiers thrusted the pike toward me, bu I manage to dodge it. Just as the soldier pulled his pike back, I pulled it towards me. And with a mighty swing of my warhammer is send that soldier flying up and fall down to the ground. The other two began to hesitate their steps. I roared as I charge forward and swinged my warhammer and send them both flying away. More and more caribou tried to swarm me and my undead horde, but I stood defiant against all that. With every blow I scored a kill, and with every step I dodged an attack. I feel like my whole body was in an automated mode. Dodge, hit, kill and repeat. I could hear nothing but the sound of metal clashing each other and how weapons cutting flesh.
I backed away once more to raise more fallen warriors to war and recover my energy, but a caribou somehow manage to get through my undead horde and came charging at me with a two-handed sword. But before he could reach me, something flew past him so quickly I could not see what it was and by the second he was already headless and fell to the ground.
"Are you doing well sir Arton?" A voice spoke from behind me, I turned around and found Scarlet Night next to me. I guess she was the one who flew and killed that caribou.
"Indeed, general. How goes with the Lunar Legion?" I asked her.
"Your plan is working perfectly. We may have lost a few hundred already but the enemy are getting demoralized because of the confusion and how quickly they are loosing their numbers. And your undead army is terrifying them even more." She reported to me.
"Have you seen the enemy commander? If we kill him then this battle will no doubt be ours." I asked her.
"I have seen him, he's riding one of those warbeasts and he wears a full red armor, he also wears a strange mask-helmet made of gold and he wields a spear-sword hybrid weapon. Also one of his antlers is made of metal." She informs me about the enemy commander. Now that I know how he look like, all I had to do was to find him.
"Keep leading the Lunar Legion and weed out their numbers, I'll keep pushing forward. Once you see me take him down, you will then order everyone to fly right behind the enemy army and prevent them to flee. If we're gonna win this war quickly, we must kill every last one of them." I explains my plan to her before offering my hand for a shake.
"Let's finish this battle." I said and she took my hand for shake.
"Agreed!" She said and then I went forward to join my undead army, but I was stopped when she called my name.
"Arton! Be careful." She said with concern.
"You too Scarlet." I said with a smile before running back to battle.
I immediately charge forward with my warhammer, with the undead and what little gondorian ghosts there are charging into the frey with me, weapons raised. And Scarlet Night flew back to her soldiers in the night sky.
It didn't take long for me to find the caribou commander that Scarlet Night told me about. He was riding on a warbeast and he has indeed a masked helmet made of gold and he had a iron antler. It was indeed him and now I shall end him and win this battle quickly.
When I was close enough I jumped into the sky and used my wraith powers to make a double jump to get higher and then I activated my wraith ability to slow down time and take aim towards the caribou commander. When he was locked on, I right now preforme the most famous and effective Shadow Strike Chain. Killed both him an several well armed caribou who appears to be a few high ranking officers by appearing right in front of them very quickly and swing my warhammer at their heads. Before anyone could realize where I came from, the sight of their commander's death is spreading mass panic among the caribou and they began to run away already.
Before I could do anything else, I heard Scarlet Night shout out to the Lunar Legion from the night sky.
"Behold! Arton Ravenheart has now single handedly taken out their LEADER!" General Scarlet Night shout out and the entire Lunar Legion roar in triumph.
"General Night! Fly behind the horde and form a shield wall, don't let any of them escape!" I yelled out in the sky and it seems that she was doing just what I told her.
"EVERYONE ATTACK! MAKE SURE YOU KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!!!" I roared as loud as possible for all to hear me.
As Arton Ravenheart charge forward against the retreating caribou, Scarlet Night and her Lunar Legion manage to fly past them and landed on the ground. The bat-pony soldiers formed a shield wall so wide and long it completely blocked the road, preventing the fleeing caribou to move past them. By Arton's order, the Lunar Legion and his undead army kept on slaughtering the caribou until there are no remnants left. Even the caribou who surrendered and dropped their weapons were cut down without mercy.
Arton's reason for this mass butchery against this already defeated army is psychological warfare. If words about an army of 5000 bat-ponies slaughtered an entire army of 50 000 well trained caribou warriors, not only would King Dainn and his followers be demoralized but also those who oppose him will be ever encouraged to take a stand against him.
It all took merely one and half hour for Arton's undead horde and the Lunar Legion to finally meet and filled the whole road with caribou corpses. When the battle was over, Arton changed his armor into a new decent one. By doing that all the reanimated caribou corpses fell down to the ground dead again and the caragors, the graug, the spiders, the remaining gondorian ghosts and the drake disappeared into thin air.
-:- Arton Ravenheart's POV -:-
It was finally over. This battle has made me completely forgotten just how exhausted I am. I'm completely surrounded by corpses of fallen soldiers, when I changed into my Lawbringer armor all the raised corpses I commanded dropped dead again because this new armor is not designed for necromancy. This armor can create and control a fog with special properties that would grant me plenty of special advantages. Not only can I use the fog to blind my opponents so I can escape. I can also use it to fight, hit and run as my foes cannot see me or my allies. The best part of it is that the smoke I control can perform a variety of magical effects.
The reason I called it lawbringer is because this is the armor I wear when I was hunting criminals and those who oppose Nightmare Moon's rule. My time of suppressing banditry and resistance for Nightmare made this armor known for enforcing the Night Queen's law, for that reason it's called Lawbringer.
But enough of that, I now stand catching my breath before I saw Scarlet Night comming towards me.
"I must say, the Lunar Legion's first battle ever went surprisingly well. I'm just glad that we all made it, all thanks to you." She said with a gentle smile.
"Well now, with the battle over. We should rest and recuperate. Can we make camp in the mountains, that way no one can attack us." I asked her.
"Yes, we can. There are some trees close enough to make camp fires to warm us up. We can carry you up to one of these tents in the mountains. You should rest to, you earned it." She spoke gently.
"Ahhh, but so does you general. While you're at it, carry some of our own dead and give them a burning funeral. We will mourn those who lost their lives for freedom and we will thank our lucky stars for surviving this night. Tomorrow, we shall end this war once and for all." I said, determined to end the tyranny of King Dainn.
She nob and start giving orders to the Lunar Legion. They all started to build up tents atop of the mountains and burning their dead. We left the caribou corpses be because they are far to many for us to take care of. While it happened, Scarlet and some bat-pony in armor came to me and carried my up in the air and led me to a nice tent in the mountain. I thanked them and went inside. It was nice and decent enough to make myself comfortable and warm enough to sleep. So I removed my helmet and laied at the sleeping bag made of animal fur (still wearing my armor). Before long I quickly drifted into sleep.
-:- Unknown Person's POV -:-
"I can't believe it. This army has completely annihilated King Dainn's forces!" Said an unknown person.
And this unknown person happens to be a female creature.
"I must tell the others about this!" She said while she went down the mountain top.
"Whoever commands this army, maybe our only hope to bring Dainn's rule to an end at long last!" She said to herself with much hope in her voice.
After a few more moments like this, I felt my body getting shaken for a bit by something... or someone.
I quickly opened my heavy drooping eyes as I awake. My vision was a little blury but I could see that the one who woke me up was none other than General Scarlet Night. She seems to have shaken me up from my sleep.
"Sir Arton." She gently said as she shaken me one last time to wake me up fully.
"General?" I said while I still feel sleepy.
"I'm sorry to wake you up, but we have visitors." She explains to me.
"Hostile?" I asked because I'm a bit surprised that we would have 'visitors'
"No. They claim to be potential allies." Scarlet explains to me.
"Who are they?" I asked as I now getting up from my sleeping bag.
"Female Deers, also called Does. They said that they are a group of resistance that is defying King Dainn's rule." She explains.
"Are they outside?" I asked as I picked up my hammer and my helmet.
"Yes, they are waiting for you." Scarlet said. Then I put my helmet on my head.
"Take me to them." I told her and we both went outside the tent.
When we got out of the tent I saw that I was surrounded by the Lunar Legion waiting for me. I followed Scarlet forward as the bat-pony soldiers make way. After a while, I see five different individuals. They are females for sure, but if I'm not mistaken they are also Deers. Maybe they are resistance in the Deer Kingdom, because since Dainn enslave females, it only make sense that a resistance movement would be made of females.
I and Scarlet walked towards them until we were in a polite distance away from them.
"I assume you are Arton Ravenheart?" The one in the middle asked with a tough voice.
"The one and only, why?" I causley asked.
"I saw your battle against Dainn's army and it was amazing! I never thought I'll see the day someone could bring down the tyrant's horde!" The one with pink clothes spoke in amazement.
"Seeing you destroy Dainn's most powerful legion proves that there is a chance for this kingdom to finally be free." The white-brown female to the far left spoke sweet and nicely.
"Stop! Before anything else, who are you all?" I spoke out. And the one in the middle spoke.
"Fair enough. I'm Hedwig. And this (Far-Right) is Engel, this (Next-Right) is Frederika, (Next-Left) Kaja and (Far-Left) Berta. We five together are leading the resistance against King Dainn." Said the Deer namned Hedwig.
"And we came in hope that we can come to an agreement." Said Engel.
"Agreement such as?" This time it was Scarlet Night who asked. With a little suspicions in her voice.
"An alliance. But the thing is, if we defeate Dainn what will happen then?" Asked Frederika.
"The main question is, are you here to liberate us or to conquer us?" Asked Kaja.
"That's up to Nightmare Moon, Queen of Equestria." I spoke out plainly.
"And what does she want?" Asked Berta with a gentle smile and voice.
"All she told me is that she want Dainn dead and this war won." I told them honestly.
"Her majesty seek to free this kingdom from his tyranny, isn't that what you want?" General Scarlet Night asked them.
"Of course we want that. The problem is that we don't know what to do anymore. We tried everything to help our home, but we're already thinned out as it is. We have no support, no armies and no discipline. The only thing that keeps it alive is us." Explains Hedwig. After that she looked straight at me.
"Which is why we are here. We need your help but we know that we can't get it without giving something in return. So I just want to know what is it that we could possibly give for your aid?" Hedwig said in a serious tone.
"If you think I'm the one leading, you're mistaken. I'm just an expensive mercenary, not a general." I explained before pointing at Scarlet.
"Ask Scarlet Night, she is one." I said.
"´Sighed`, If it were up to me I would say that for freeing you should all kneel for the Night Queen. But after what you all have been through, it would be very unfair." Scarlet explains before continuing.
"But it's not our right to tell you what to do. This is your land, your home. And we knew that Dainn would want to do to us mares as he does to you does by conquering Equestria and then the world." She continued.
"I will be honest to you all, I can't promise you anything. We can't promise you anything, because like Sir Arton said it's Queen Nightmare Moon's decision on what to do next. But if you aid us, the very least we can do is give you an audience with her majesty. I and Sir Arton would no doubt support you if you want independence for alliance. But don't be surprised for the worst." Scarlet Night said with full honesty.
"Like it or not, but we are your only hope to despose King Dainn. And we need your support to make our campaign more successful. An alliance with us, I'm afraid that is up to you and not us. But you have my word that we do not practice slavery and we do not tolerate tyranny. While we're the ones doing the fighting we'll do what we can to help you. So my question is... What say you?" She finished.
All five of them soaked it all in and talked to each other about it. I could tell that this was a dilemma going for them. I highly doubt that they trusted us at all but knew that they need us. There was also admiration and respect I saw as well; even hope, I think.
"We are grateful for your honesty, even though you are not such a good motivator." Said Engel.
"But all that matter to us is our freedom and a great friendship between our species. Even if you can't convice your queen from occupying us, can you at least try?" Asked Frederika.
"Yes, at least that I can do." Said Scarlet with a nob.
"And what of you, Arton Ravenheart? Do you fight for money? or for our freedom?" Asked Hedwig.
Now that question is unfair to me. I hate slavers but as a mercenary, I fight to make a living. If she's gonna give me an unfair question, I'm gonna give her an unfair answer.
"Both." I simply said. They didn't seem to like it.
"But before anything else. I must ask an important question!" I said quickly, earning their attention.
"Once we get rid of Dainn, what will happen to the Deer Kingdom? Will you bring back your old days? will you make changes? or will you enslave the caribou and treat them the way they treats you all?" I asked with a serious tone.
"A good question, my good sir. Since you are a sell-sword, is that a concern for you?" Asked Berta, still smiling.
"I didn't come here to kill every caribous in this kingdom, just Dainn." I said plainly.
"Well you don't have to worry, I got a younger brother back at the resistance. So I for one have no intention to torment ALL males for the actions of others. Not all caribous follow Dainn willingly, some follow him out of fear. If possible, maybe we can spare most of the caribous if Dainn dies. Until them, we have no choice than to kill those who gets in our way." Explains Hedwig.
"'Our'? So you are saying that you all would agree to be our allies?" I asked since I caught her words.
Guess what? Hedwig looked at the does next to her who nob and then turned to me.
"Yes. We are now allies as we all now in an agreement." She said with a polite smile and offer me a hand to shake and I took it.
Hedwig also shook hands with general Scarlet Night as well and so the alliance between Equestria and the deer resistance against King Dainn. The Lunar Legion break camp and start marching (flying) towards Deeralios, the capital city of the Deer Kingdom. According to Hedwig and her friends, there is a village we need to conquer before we could take Deeralios at once. That village happens to act as the headquarter and the foundation of the Deer Kingdom's system of slavery. In other word, if we take that village we would cripple Dainn's slavery even more and freedom would rise even more. That village holds both morale and political value.
Here we are: me, Scarlet, Hedwig, Engel and Kaja, atop of a mountain-hill and looking at the slaver village. That place really live up to it's reputation. Because from here I could see many caribous who wore nice clothes and held a leash which was around the doe's necks. The does were bare of any clothes and they were forced to walk on all four of their limbs like an animal. Some Caribous were having their way with the does out in the open while others just watch. There were also some buildings were they were selling the does or forced them to service the Caribous.
I'm clenching my fists, even with my warhammer, because I can't stand it anymore. I just wanna kill every last one of these caribous. Of course I'm not the only one who want to do that. I can see the ladies giving killing glares and rageful looks at the scene. I knew I had to speak before they do anything rash.
"I have a plan, which will work." I said and got their attention.
"My armor can create an illusion fog, causing these slavers to see things that aren't there. That way our soldiers can attack and kill them without much resistance. Wound, knock-out or kill; our mission is to conquer this slaver village and bring down Dainn once and for all. My fog power will not effect our troops, and this way we can win much more faster. What say you?" I explained my plan and they all seemed warmed up to the idea.
"Good idea, Sir Arton. With your fog, we can minimize our risk and losses." General Scarlet Night complemented my plan and the Does nob in agreement.
So it happens. Every caribou was looking at the show with a smug smile as the male was beating the doe while the other does only watch in pity and sorrow. They could not rebel against the caribous as the king would punish them with death. They helplessly watch one of the doe getting beat by her owner for refusing his order. They prayed for something to happen to stop this or someone to came here who would stand against this unjust slavery. Guess what, their prayer are comming true because of a strange fog rose up out of nowhere. And this fog didn't look natural. The caribous that was beating a doe stopped when he noticed the fog as well. The whole village was covered with this thick fog.
What's so special about this fog is simple. It has different effects. To the does and the Lunar Legion it just a light fog, easy to see through. But for the caribou slavers it's the infamous Fear Gas from the batman stories. By using it's effects the caribou would be in disarray, giving us a big advantage. Once the caribous have been infected by the fear toxic, I commanded the bat-pony archers to fly up on the roofs and start shooting at the slavers. While all the male deers runs around in fear; I, Scarlet Night, Hedwig and all our soldiers were walking towards the village and come to liberate it. Once I killed a caribous who attacked me in panic the rest of the Lunar Legion began their attack by storming through the town and killing any who tried to fight back while freeing the slaves. The attack on the village came swiftly and because of my fear infesting fog there were very few soldiers who could fight back.
All the does in chains and cages saw the fight with their very eyes and couldn't believe what they saw, their slavers and masters are getting butchered by the shady soldiers comming from the fog. After a while the fog has disappeared and now everyone could see what is happening. The slavers and the caribou soldiers realized that they could not win this so they threw down their weapons and raised their hands as a sign of surrender.
"STOP!!!" I roared after killing three soldiers and just like that the fighting came to a halt.
"Those who surrendered, get down on your knees NOW!!!" I roared again and at once the caribous complied.
"Chain them up, general. Hands and feets so they can't fight back." I commanded Scarlet Night and she nob before commanding her soldiers to do that.
I then turned to Hedwig, Engel and Kaja.
"Set every slave in this village free, some of the lunar soldiers will help you out." I said to Hedwig.
"Of course." Hedwig said as she and her friends along with some bat-ponies start freeing the does.
After like 10 minutes all the caribous were immobilized and chained together. Hedwig, Engel, Kaja and mostly female bat-pony soldiers released every slave and ensure them that no harm will fall upon them. They were fed, clothed and had their wounds treated. Some were reluctant to let the male warriors help and preferred the help of the female members of the Lunar Legion, quite understandable. I turn to Hedwig to talk to her.
"Where are your other friends?" I asked her.
"They are bringing the resistance here to join your legion. From here we can at last go towards Deeralios and end Dainn once and for all." She explains.
And just after she told me, the Lunar Legion shout out that a group of armed does are comming. Which means that they are here. The resistance is an 'almost' all-girl armed force. There were a few caribous among them, I guess they oppose Dainn's rule. I saw Hedwig hugged a young caribou so I guess he is her brother. The resistance brough weapons and start arming the freed does.
"Kaja, Engel, I need you two and a few resistance members to keep an eye on them encase they try to escape." Hedwig told her friends right after she hugged Frederika and Berta.
"Some of the soldiers of the Lunar Legion will assist with that task to." Said Scarlet Night as she came next to me.
Kaja and Engel nodded and with the help of a few resistance members and bat-pony soldiers surrounded the chained caribous to watch them.
"Sir Arton, come here for a moment." Hedwig said as she walks towards the end of a cliff.
I followed her there, while it was a long walk I soon understood why she wanted to bring me here. Right from that cliff I could see the city of Deeralios, it's a beautiful site.
No doubt this city of ice was so amazing and beautiful I could stare at it for months or so. But I recall I have a tyrant to take care of and he lives in that fine city. I looked at Hedwig.
"Such a pretty city, isn't it? It's just a shame that filth like Dainn and his ilk rules it." She said.
"Agreed, but not for long. With the combination of the resistance and the Lunar Legion, the annihilation of Dainn's great army and my power's ability to punch a hole through the wall we can go right through the front door and win." I said, full of confidence.
"I like your enthusiasm, but even without his army. Dainn still has a strong grip on the city, it's defender won't surrender so easily." Hedwig said.
"I know what you mean, but with our morale so high I don't see how we could fail." I said and then I pat her shoulder.
"Let's end this nightmare forever." I suggested and she looked at me with a smile and nobbed.
Once the resistance and the Lunar Legion has gathered up and regrouped together, I explained my plain of taking over the city. I shall create a fog around the city wall so thick the caribous can't see a thing but for our own soldiers it will be so weak you can see anything through.
The city of Deeralios was having a peaceful and quiet time, but those who live and rule the city was having anything but a good time. The news about Dainn's great army being destroyed has demoralized and underminded Dainn and his belief about male's superiority. The story about Dainn's army annihilation proves that King Dainn himself is not invincible and it's only a time before those who oppose him will have the courage to stand against him.
Soon, the city's high walls are completely covered by a very thick fog that was blinding the city guards. And before they could call out for each other for their locations, some strange shadowy figures are flying around as fast as the eye. The soldiers of the Lunar Legion are flying quickly up the wall, in a very fast pace they are killing the caribou guards around the gateway of the wall. The bat-pony soldiers quickly killed many of the caribou soldiers guarding the gate and were finally able to open the gates for their comrades down below and that is when the battle turned bloody.
"DEATH TO DAINN THE TYRANT!!!!!!" I roared so loud that I swear you could hear the whole mountains echo.
With my warcry the Lunar Legion and the resistance as a whole charged into the city with me running first and my fog spreads around the city. This attack took both Dainn and the city's defenders completely by surprise and before they could take formation or realize who they are dealing with the combine charge of the Lunar Legion and the Deer Kingdom resistance came flooding through the gates shouting and screaming like wild animals. The caribou was loosing ground very fast and they were trampled to death by Arton's army who began slaughtering the last of the defenders and breaking countless chains and cages that kept many slaves down.
I killed my share of caribous as I lead the charge, my fog blinded them completely so that makes our mission more easily. It was until we reached what looks like a Royal Ice Palace. It quite astonished but why the hell must every building in the Deer Kingdom be made of ice? Nevermind that now, what looks like the remaining Dainn loyalist caribou seem to have formed a shield wall to protect the palace. I stopped and held my warhammer up high so both all the soldiers of the resistance and the Lunar Legion stop their charge and make all my fog disappear.
"DAINN!!! KING DAINN!!! SHOW YOURSELF!!!!!!" I roared out loud so it echoes through the whole city.
After what I think took a few minutes, I saw the door up on the palace open up and from there came Dainn himself out at the balcony and he look down at us. He was accompanied by two bodyguards and he seems to have recovered from that punch I gave him.
"Come down here at once.... FACE me!!! No one else has to die. Trial by combat, right now!" I shouted out my challenge to Dainn.
"So be it! I will not allow you to desecrate my divine kingdom any futher! I shall personally take you down!" The arrogant Dainn said as he jumped down from his balcony and the caribous make way for him.
He was wearing some kind of fancy iron plate armor with a fine shield and longsword. As he approach me, I told Scarlet, Hedwig and everyone else that this is my fight alone. Both Dainn's loyalists and the Lunar Legion and resistance make room for us two and we both cirlce each other with our weapons prepare. But before we start I decided to make this duel much more interesting. I conjure myself a completely new armor. And that armor is one of my own favorite. It's the armor of ROBERT BARATHEON!!!!! With a golden stag shield. Everyone were taken back by this change of event and they all look at me with eyes wide as dinner plates and their jaws hitting the ground. Even King Dainn was shocked that he stood there with a shocking face.
"W- what the- What's this!?" He demanded.
"What better irony is there but to kill a stag. AS a stag." I said.
From that with a savage war cry, I charged at Dainn as he now snaped out of his state. The power of my armor is simple, this armor possess an aura that causes hundred times physical damage and wounds to anything I strike. That way, anything that is much more durable and sturdy beyond natural will be as weak as wooden sticks. Just when I reached Dainn I swung my warhammer right at him. Dainn raised his shield to block my blow which otherwise would have caved in his head. His whole arm trembled from the impact of my fercious blow. It was so strong he trembled a little bit. I answered immediately with an upward slash. He dodged the attack.
"How is this possible!? My armor and weapons are enchanted, you shouldn't be able to cause a dent!!!" Dainn growled venomously as he saw his shield seemed damaged.
"Anything is possible!!!" I roared while I keep sending blows.
Our duel kept on, it became a flurry of sword and hammer. Dainn and I danced to a deadly tune, we both were looking for blood. Amidst the bloodthirsty grunts and shouts, the stream flowed serenely, unaffected by the crowed around us.
"Why do you serve a mere 'mare' when you could be a king as well!? Why don't you join me? We could have ruled this world together. All the females are below us! You can have any slave you wan-" Dainn was ranting until my warhammer meet his chin.
"Slavery is against my nature!!! I WILL HAVE NONE OF IT!!!" I roard with my almighty rage.
My blows were thundering like my roar. In my blood rage, I finally penetrated Dainn's shield and landed my warhammer on his right knee. With a cry of pain, King Dainn bucked to one leg. Just as I was about to deliver the killing blow, Dainn manage to thrust his sword up towards me, cut deep into my abdomen. Believe me it hurts like hell, I had to back away in order to recover and stop my own bleeding. The caribou king later after wincing with pain pushed himself upright and then launched and aggressive attack on me with great speed, he dispatched blows with his longsword and even I must admitt he's a damn good warrior because he inflicted many wounds around my entire body, even with my armor and shield.
But just when I was on my knee, down and taking breath after breath due to the pain he cause me. Dainn then charged at me while lifting his longsword above his head. Everyone could see him charging towards me while wielding his enchanted sword. And just before he swung his sword right towards my antler helmet. I threw myself up, deflecting his attack with my shield and I headbut him in the face with my helmet. He backed away from me from that stunt.
"I won't... die. BY THE LIKES OF YOU!!!" I roared.
My warhammer was now transformed into an unstoppable entity. Engulfed in wordless fury, I, the mercenary rained blows upon the Caribou King of the Deer Kingdom. A particularly vicious strike snapped Dainn's sword cleanly into smithereens. Now fear started to raise inside King Dainn himself. But I was fast enough to catch him before he could do anything.
"NOW DIIIEEEE!!!" I roared
I kept on sending endless blows in ludicrous speed. The sounds of hammer on shield reverberated all around. Dainn's shield was starting to fall apart. It was too battered to withstand any more of my unnaturally strong rageful fury. Chunks of it were flying around with every hit.
After a while, one more hit from my warhammer just shattered Dainn's shield at long last. At the same time I snapped his arm, broke one of his bones. My next swing from my warhammer caught Dainn square in the chest. A splatter of blood flew out in the air. Dainn was thrown back with my brute force. His enchanted breastplate crushed, he struggled to breath.
I walked towards Dainn until I stood above his body and look down at him.
"You can never suffer enough for all the pain you have caused. Do the world a great favour, and die now." I said as I now held my warhammer over my head and landed my next blow cleanly at his already damaged breastplate.
It owner collepsed, this time for good. Dainn's chest had caved in. His lungs were punctutred. He was suffocating slowly. I stood above him, looking down in condemnation. Dainn's life slowly ebbed away. I kept watching him loosing his breath until he no longer breath. Silence took hold of the air when everyone finally saw King Dainn, the tyrant dead at the hands of a mere sell-sword.
I was catching my breath as I finally calmed down from the fight. I looked at Scarlet and Hedwig.
"It's over... At last." I said in a tired and calmed voice.
I then heard the sound of weapons falling down on the ground. I looked and I saw the Caribous who were loyal to Dainn threw down all their weapons down and then fell down on their knees as a sign of surrender.
I removed my helmet to get some clean, fresh air cooling down my literally hot head. The Lunar Legion and the 'former' resistance now collected the weapons on the ground and led the surrendering soldiers to the dungeon. I, Scarlet, Hedwig, Engel, Frederika, Kaja and Berta went inside the ice palace. It was quite wonderous to behold, the art and patters around every ice wall was completely more than beautiful. During our walk we came to the throne room. Very impressive piece of art.
"Quite a beauty right? Someone should sit on it and see if it is comfortable." I completed it.
"Yes~ Someone should~" I heard Engel's teasing voice behind me.
I looked behind me and all those does was staring at me, oh I know where this leads to.
"Oh no. Not me, I'm just an expensive sell-sword." I said in my defence.
"You are the hero today, Sir Arton. A little bit different, right?" Scarlet Night said in an unamused tone.
"Aye, heroes don't get paid." I quickly said.
"You have earned the right to it you know?" Hedwig said as she moved close to me.
"I'm still under the employment of a certain queen." I reminded them about Nightmare Moon.
"Soo right, but we can debate about this later. On the next day, I will send a message to Queen Nightmare Moon and inform her about our victory. From there we shall discuss the future of this nation." Explained Scarlet Night and we all agreed.
"Can we at least show you to the royal bed chamber where you can rest and sleep?" Asked Berta, I nobbed.
We all then walk future into the palace until we found a hall way with nice doors. We came to the one in the middle, once we opened it we found a very nice ice bedroom. I finally changed from my Baratheon armor to my common leather armor.
"Rest well, Sir Arton. You have earned it, more than anyone here today." Frederika kindly said before she closed the door behind me. I was left alone.
Not wanting to risk freezing to death I decided to jump into bed with my leather armor on and my warhammer next to the bed. I quickly fell asleep and dreamed my dreamless sleep in peace.
-:- Next Day, Arton Ravenheart's POV -:-
I slowly woke up by some sort of a light entered my room and shine on my eyes. I yawned and rubbed my eyes, they hurt right after being hit by that light.
"Oooohh, my eyes- why does it hurt?" I groaned while I rubbed my hurtful eyes.
I saw that light comming from those window curtains. I got up, still rubbing my eyes to look outside. And I saw sunlight.
"Oohh, I guess the sun light alwa-" I said.
Wait a minute.... Sunlight!?
"WHAT!?" I yelled out in shock and violently opened the curtains.
I could see the Deer Kingdom's horizon. With the fucking SUN up in the air. The sun has returned to the sky!!! How!? Why!? What is happening!? Nightmare Moon would never allow the sun to rise!!! Unless- Wait a minute.
"The sun-" I stopped myself and the ran quickly out of my room to find out what the actual fuck is going on.
-:- Scarlet Night's POV -:-
How is this possible!? The sun is up. Queen Nightmare Moon would never let the sun return. What is going on?
I'm not the only one confused. Even the Lunar Legion and the Deer Kingdom's citizents are shocked and confused as well.
"General Scarlet!!" I heard Kaja yelled as she ran towards me with a paper in her hand.
"This just recently came!" She said and I don't like the sound of it.
So I read the letter and was filled with dread.
General Scarlet Night of the Lunar Legion.
The eternal night is over, Nightmare Moon has been defeated. I, Princess Celestia and the bearers of harmony was rescued by the brave members of the wonderbolts who secretly broke us from our prison and replaced the Night Guards to cover our escape. When you were away to deal with Dainn, I and the bearers confronted Nightmare Moon and the elements of harmony cleansed her of all evil. Princess Luna has finally returned to us.
I understand this is too much for you and that your loyalty has always been with my sister's evil counterpart. But your bravery and success to rid the world of the worst tyrant in history cannot be denied. I am willing to overlook all the crimes you and your soldiers have committed in her name and grant you a pardon for your heroism.
Please, return to Canterlot along with the Lunar Legion and bring a few representatives of the Deer Kingdom. You all will be welcomed as heroes and rewarded for what you did for those who suffers under Dainn's tyranny.
As for Arton Ravenheart, try and convice him to come with you as well. He needs to be put on trial, his crimes cannot be overlooked but from what I heard from Luna I'm willing to hear him out and maybe even pardon him. Come as soon as you can, for I wish only peace for all.
I awaits your answer, sighed Princess Celestia.
Oh no....
"This is not good at all." I said quietly as I kept looking at the letter.
The whole capital city was in silence until-
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!!!!!!!!!???" Yelled Arton Ravenheart.
We all could hear his yelling comming right from the ice palace.
"Not. Good. At. All." I said and I completelly do not like where this will lead to.
"I don't believe it.... This is not good, this is not FUCKING GOOD!" I muttered in both surprise and utter disappointment before I shout in anger.
"I fought a huge bloody battle to annihilate an army, took over a village of slavers, broke my way in into the capital and fought a very hard duel-to-the-death with a tyrant king; only for me to find out that my nemesis has retaken the throne and made all my efforts in vain!!! Gods I really HATE adventures!" I kept talking out of utter frustration and anger.
It has been a few hours since the sun has risen again to the sky. I ran out to find out what was going on, the reason that I shouted out very loud was because a doe came to me and handed me a letter about princess Celestia and the bearers of harmony escaped prison and dethroned Nightmare Moon. But that would mean that the eternal night is over and so is my employment. Without Nightmare Moon, I'm out of a job. But the worst part is that with Celestia back in power, I'm a wanted man, a fucking wanted man.
I know that Celestia wrote in her letter that she is willing to hear me out, to be willing to give me a second chance thanks to Luna. But the part about putting me on 'trial', fucking trial, that does not sound quite encouraging. Because of the mention about putting me on trial was enough to put me on edge. I don't trust Celestia for one bit, but now the question is, what am I gonna do now?
I was walking back and forward in a room where both Scarlet Night and the doe leaders of the former-resistance are in presence, we all gathered together in a meeting to come up with a plan. And I was not in a good mood.
"This could be a trap. She is your enemy is she not?" Asked Hedwig.
"Yes, but we can't say no to this either. Her sister, Luna, may not be Queen Nightmare Moon but she is the monarch of the night and me and the Lunar Legion are sworn to her." Answered Scarlet Night
"Are you telling me that we shall just go to Canterlot and face Celestia and risk having her execute us!?" I asked Scarlet.
"I don't see any other choices. Not only does the Lunar Legion have friends and families waiting for the back home but I too must return to ensure the safety of my sister and nieces. But I completely understand your situation, Sir Arton." Scarlet explained.
"What if you two and the Lunar Legion just stay here in our kingdom? We would be happy to welcome you as our citizents and together we may be able to hold up a stronger front against Equestria." Suggested Frederika.
"Going to war with the alicorns again? That's the last thing I need to do." I stated.
"Thank you for the offer, but we must ensure that our soldiers get to return home so that their families are safe. They all getting worried and concerned about it, and frankly I must see to my family's safety. We have no choice but to return." Scarlet said.
"Not me! I won't set another foot in Celestia's domain!" I said very frustrated.
"But you can't stay here either, Sir Arton. Celestia would see that as an act of defiance." Scarlet said to me.
"Well I can't go to Equestria and take my chances. She'll sentence me to death when the opportunity is given." I countered.
"According to her letter, she said that she's willing to-" Kaja tried to speak but I interrupted her.
"Don't tell me that you believe her! I killed her mother. Who in their right mind would forgive those who is responsible for the death of their family!?" I asked, I must admit I was quite rude.
"Didin't Nightmare Moon forgive you for it? She is also Luna who is Faust's daughter too." Kaja countered me.
It was from there that I couldn't say anything. She got me there. I suppose Princess Luna does remember our time together as Nightmare Moon. I really hope that she does, it would explain why the letter says that Celestia were willing to listen to me thanks to Luna.
"Sir Arton. I know you don't trust Celestia, but after everything you have done for the night monarch, Luna, I'm certain she will come to your defense. As will I and Aqua." Now Scarlet was trying to cheer me up. I know she mean well but I'm not convinced.
"I am not convinced." I said to Scarlet.
The discussion, or as I should call it debate, went on and on as to stay in the Deer Kingdom, return to Equestria or just run for it and become free travellers.
To be honest, I'm more willing to travel free again so I can be a free mercenary again. But then Celestia would no doubt hunt me down just like Faust did. I could stay in the Deer Kingdom of course, that would mean I'll have a safe haven. But Celestia may not let that go unpunished. I don't want to be king, I can't be a king, I'm a soldier over anything. I could suggest that the Deer Kingdom is run by another monarch and I could simply be a member of their council; a Lord of War maybe. But it's not the same thing as being a sell-sword, I don't get good payment and I like to travel and face challenges. So being part of a council would be to boring to me. If I choose to return to Equestria, what shall I do? Shall I face trial and hope for the best, or challenge Celestia and the bearers of harmony; and this time kill them? But if I do either of them, I'll be on enemy territory, where I have little to no advantages. And if that's not enough, Celestia's bearers of harmony now has the elements, the very same one that turned me to stone and that is enough to defeat me. Fuck! No matter what I choose, I will always be in trouble!
Trouble, trouble, trouble! There just isn't any solution to it. So what am I suppose to do? My enemy won't leave me alone and only a fool would fall for a possible trap. HOLY HELL! SOMEBODY HELP ME OUT!!!!!
"Enough!" Hedwig shouted, putting a stop to this verbal chaos.
"We have just won a war together, yet here I find a battle amongst ourselves. I call this meeting adjourned. We will reconvene and allow cooler heads to prevail." Said Hedwig as if she was in charge here.
Well, practically she is. Because everyone, including myself, agreed to her suggestion and decided to take a day off to think about it and tomorrow come up with a solution after we calmed ourselves down. I went to my bed chamber in the ice palace to get some sleep, hopefully it will help.
-:- Dream Realm, Luna's POV -:-
When night finally came, I told my sister, Celestia, that I will talk to the commander of the Lunar Legion in the dream realm to ensure her that nopony is in trouble. But while I'm at it, I wish to talk to Arton Ravenheart. Celestia wasn't warmed up to the idea to pardon Arton, I understand that. He did killed our mother, but we both know why he did and he must know now about it. Although I don't think Celestia will ever forgive him, I convinced her not to do anything to him, he's not our enemy anymore.
I entered the dream realm and began my search for Scarlet Night, talked to her and ensured her that her family is safe and she will be welcomed home as heroes. I also told her that I will convince Arton Ravenheart to come too. She told me that he will not be easy to convince. I understand that, but I have to try.
It took me some time but I finally figured out where Arton's sleeping patterns are. The only problem is that he dosen't dream like most ponies do, this looks more like a empty space of darkness. I knew it was his mind, but what I didn't know was how to find him here. His dream scape was... all black.
However, after a few hours of searching for him in his own 'dream' it turns slowly into something else. It was still dark but things became more visible to me now. The ground became a field full of rocks, with a few high stone hills and the black sky became full of bright stars. Those made up stars help brighten up the place, but it all looks like a wasteland of rocks. I walked around a bit more until I found a lake in the middle of this rocky wasteland and near that lake I found what looks like a small bonfire. Although I'm far from that bonfire, I could see that there is somepony sitting there by it. I have no doubt that pony is none other than Arton Ravenheart. I didn't recognize him due to his armor, but for his hammer. Everypony knows that Arton always prefer warhammer in every fight.
I flew down to the bonfire to meet him, he seems not to notice me since he still just sitt down there and stare at the fire. I was about to approach him until-
"Nice to meet you again, Luna." He said.
I stopped the moment he said that.
"Don't be surprised. When I was working for you when you were Nightmare you visited my dreams once or twice for some enjoyment. I learned how this work." He said.
He's right, when I was still Nightmare Moon, my evil counterpart, I visited him in his dream and he quickly learned how to work with it.
"Sir Arton... I hope I didn't interrupted anything. We need to talk." I said, trying to be polite.
Before anything else, he gestured me to sitt down next to the bonfire. I figured it would make sense for us to talk while being in the same position, so I complied and decided to sitt down.
-:- Dream Realm, Arton's POV -:-
So here I am in my winged hussar armor, sitting by the bonfire and waiting for my former employer to come visit. After what happened to Nigthmare Moon, I knew we would meet again. And here we are, and this time she has no hatred of me anymore. I suppose she no longer desire to avenge her mother, can't say the same thing about her sister. She sat down as I gestured so now we can talk a bit more civilized. So here we go.
"I know why you came here, you want to convince me to come to Canterlot to face trial." I said.
"Yes, but I pro-" Luna was trying to speak until I interrupted her.
"And allow myself to get executed in public!" I said with a bit of anger and hit my warhammer to the ground.
"No! There will be no execution!" Luna firmly said.
"Look, my sister is still angry at you but she listened to me when I told her about your side of the story." She explained.
"My side? What do you know about MY side of the story!?" I asked, I didn't really take well to people who think they know about me.
"It was all a very big mistake." Luna said, before she continued.
"When you meet my mother, Faust, in Ponyvillen did she said anything about her daughter seeing you in dreams?" Luna asked me.
You know, now that I think about it Faust did mentioned about one of her daughters having a vision about me as a bad omen.
"What do you know about it?" I asked her.
"Mother... She... She got it all wrong! Celestia did have a dream, or shall we say a vision, about a horned demon would come to Equestria to destroy everything. We told mother about it and she once told us that we didn't need to worry, that it's just a dream. But Celestia's vision keeps comming back to her. Although she didn't show it, mother did believed us in the end." Luna Keeps explaining to me.
"When mother returned to us to ponyville, she just said that she protected it's citizents from danger. She didn't mentioned a bit about meeting you. Celestia and I were still foals that time so we didn't questioned it at all. After you killed mother and after me and Celestia stoned you, I decided to study you. Looking into your mind to get some memories, although I couldn't get much. I got enough to find out that she mistook you for that very horned demon my sister dreamed about. But it was never you, it was Tirek!" She said in frustration.
"Celestia forgot to mention the part of that demon being a centaur and because of that mother thoughted the whole time that you were the enemy of Equestria. Celestia and I were still very young and it was only after we turned you to stone that I figured out that the whole thing could have been avoided if we told her that demon was a centaur and not you. After we defeated Tirek and imprisoned him in tartarus, I explained to Celestia about this whole mistake but she won't have any of it." She explains to me.
So the whole FUCKING time, Faust and I were at each other's throats because she simply misinterpreted a fucking vision. Took me for another guy and simply attacked me without provocation, cause me to seek out my revenge out of my pure anger and killed her because I was some fucking horned demon Celestia was dreaming about this whole time!
I got up to my feets and walked around the bonfire a bit to puzzle all this together.
"Well just fucking great! Faust, her soldiers, MY soldiers and friends... They all died for FUCKING NOTHING!!" I said in loud anger and threw my hammer to the ground.
Took some time to calm myself down before sitting down again, I'm lucky enough that Luna had the patience to wait.
"Does she listen to you now?" I asked her, I'm still in a bad mood.
"Yes, she knows now. Because of that, she's now willing to hear you out. But I know you don't want to be put on trial." She explains the obvious.
"I can't go to Canterlot, it's not worth it." I said to her.
"Please Arton, running from it will only make things worst for you. I promise I and many other ponies will defend your case." She said in a pleading tone and hold my hands.
"Others?" I asked her.
"Aqua Night, her sister and daughters, even soldiers from the Lunar Legion are loyal to you. But more important, Twilight Sparkle will help you too. You remeber her, right? She's one of the bearers of harmony, a purple unicorn with a violet mane." She explained to me.
"Oh, I remember her. But why? Why would she defend me?" I asked her.
"Do you remember Ebony Sparkle? She happens to be Twilight's ancestor, the first friend you ever made." She asked me.
Wait a minute, Twilight is Ebony's descendant!? I looked at her with a confused face.
"I don't" She simply said, with an unamused face before she continued.
"Arton, trust me. I won't allow anypony to punish you, especially after your heroric deed of liberating the Deer Kingdom from King Dainn's tyranny. I'm sure I can convice Celestia to grant you a pardon and you can go free." She said while looking at me with a gentle smile.
I was about to say something but then I heard a crack from the sky and that means it's time for Luna to leave the dream realm.
"Come to Canterlot, I will do everything in my power to make sure you won't come to harm." She said as she took flight and dissapeared from the dream realm.
For telling me everything and for comforting me, I'm sure I can trust her. But it's Celestia I don't trust. Celestia is the older sister and therefore her authority is above Luna's. But Luna ensured me that she listen to me this time.
I trust Luna now, but I still don't trust Celestia for one bit. Return to Canterlot or run away and be free on my own again?
This is too much for me. Just what the fuck am I gonna do right now!?
The Lunar Legion arrived at Canterlot in midnight and formed a long line marching inside throughthe gate. They were greeted at the gates of the city by hundreds, and then thousands and thousands of ponies on the streets roaring and cheering: it seemed like the entire city had gathered to celebrate their victorious parade.
As the bat-pony soldiers of the Lunar Legion march on through the city streets, a lot of night flowers flew around from the air towards them and every citizens of the city keeps cheering and praising them for heroically liberated a kingdom from tyranny. In the middle of the marching army came a carriage with no windows and it's pulled by some bull-like creatures from the Deer Kingdom, must be an envoy to represent the Deer Kingdom's interests.
All the cheering keeps going on as the Lunar Legion march, it lasted until it reached the royal castle of Canterlot. Once the carriage parked at the huge and long entrance stairs the Lunar Legion stopped. At the top of the entrance stairs, near the large door into Canterlot castle stood both the alicorn sisters. Celestia and Luna, with different clothes. They both stood outside the door into their castle, waiting for the victorious army to arrive. Once the carriage came, Princess Luna walked towards it. Since it was in the middle of the night, this was her thing to handle. When she came to the carriage, it's door open and the first person who came out is General Scarlet Night.
"Your majesty, I am honored to report that our mission is successful and the Deer Kingdom is free from Dainn's tyranny." Said Scarlet Night while bowing to her.
"Well done, general. Equestria will never forget what you and the Lunar Legion has done. I promise that none of your efforts will go unrewarded." Princess Luna said with a smile and gestured her to rise up.
Scarlet Night did and moved aside for the next person to come. And that next person is Berta.
"Greetings, Princess of the Night. I am Berta of the Deer Kingdom, I act as the diplomat of our people and came in hope that both our kingdoms can come to an agreement." Said Berta while she curtsy like a lady in a way to greet her.
"Welcome to Canterlot, Berta. Feel free to call me Luna and I am glad you came here on your people's behalf. I would be honored for our people to come and go in friendship." Luna said with a happy smile while she also curtsy. Much to Berta's delight.
"Thank you, Luna. Without further ado, I'll like to present my personal invited guest of honor and the true hero of the Deer Kingdom. The very one who slain King Dainn and free our people." Berta said as she step aside and present the next person to come.
Luna seems to smile brightly, knowing who is comming from that carriage. From afar, Princess Celestia's smile was starting to go down at the very thought of who is comming now.
And it's none other than the one and only..... Arton Ravenheart.
-:- Arton Ravenheart's POV -:-
This is absolutely ridiculous! I hate being inside of a carriage and not being seen by people. I mean, I worked very hard to bring down King Dainn and now I risk not being hailed as a hero. Even thought I understand the reason that I must hide inside that blasted carriage. But I still hate it and what's worse, is that I must face my actions like I'm sort of criminal! I'm already starting to regret my decision.
Well since I agreed to return to Canterlot because I was reassured by Luna that I would have many people defending me, I might as well come. But not without an insurance policy. So I came out of that blasted carriage as Mysterio with Ghal Maraz on my back.
To make sure that there is no misunderstanding, this mysterio is from Spider-Man: Far from Home movie and I know that this mysterio's powers are based on holo-technology and his illusions are relied on his advanced drones. But this mysterio armor of mine, possess the power of all his illusions via magic (without his drones). And the best part of it is my warhammer, Ghal Maraz. My Ghal Maraz possess all the powers from the original, but it has a mighty bonus. If you guys can see that red ruby on the hammer head, that is the Reality Stone from the Marvel Universe. Imagine this; Mysterio now possess magical illusion powers and he use the reality stone to turn all his illusions real. That way reality can be whatever I want.
To make a statement short, this is an OP armor. Meaning I, as a magical Mysterio with the reality stone, can rival the power of Discord and can even conquer the world. This OP armor will no doubt be my perfect insurance policy, if this trial of mine turn south I have something to fight back. If Celestia or anyone else try something on me that I don't like, I can survive it, no problem.
Now, back to the matter at hand. I walked out of 'my' carriage with my warhammer on my back and walked towards Princess Luna, next to Berta. I looked at her and I could swear I saw a very small smile on her face, I could be mistaken but still.
"Mission is accomplished. King Dainn is dead and slavery in the Deer Kingdom has been abolished." I stated to her. She nodded
"You have done well, my friend. Come Arton, I promise I will do whatever I can within my power to get you out of this trial." She said with a smile, as if she knows I will survive.
Well I hope she is right, because now we three are walking up the stairs where the Princess fucking Celestia is standing. When I saw her and her scornful face, I can't help but to feel like I'm in an enemy territory. The closer and closer we come to her the more tensed I get. Luna and Berta was in front of me, both left and right side. As soon as we came to the same stair level as Celestia, she first greet Berta.
"Welcome, Berta of the Deer Kingdom. We welcome you to Canterlot, all of Equestria is looking forward to form a great friendship with between our two kingdoms." Celestia said with a genuine smile. I can say that she is a good actress, pretending to be glad.
"Thank you, Princess. I very much looking forward to this meeting." Berta gently said.
They shared a short handshake, before she turned directly towards me and gave me a dour face. I simply stare right at her eyes with my own, of course no one can see my eyes because of my fishbowl of a helmet but you people know what I mean.
Celestia spoke first after a minute of two of stern silence between us.
"Ravenheart." She said in a foul mood.
"Princess." I returned the gesture.
"Your 'heroism' back at the Deer Kingdom is acknowledged by Equestria and all other nations. I hope that you are looking forward for what awaits you." Celestia said, still in a foul mood.
"I thank you for your 'generous' acknowledgement. But I know what awaits me." I sternly said, staring straight in her eyes.
She looked at me with a harsh face before she turned around and so we all walked inside the castle. Even when we went inside, we kept going down through the hall. The very same hall that Nightmare Moon opened that Grand Galloping Gala, I remember it well. As we kept walking, I notice this place crawling with both servants and maids working, even a good number of Celestia's Royal Guards were there. It wasen't difficult to notice that four out of five of every servants and maids looked at me in fear or nervousness, but the royal guards looked at me with hateful eyes. I could swear that I saw some of them holding their spears and/or swords very tightly, almost as if they were ready to attack me.
The only ones who are not looking bad at me are only a few maids that I recognized. A few of them are those who served Nightmare Moon, I guess Princess Luna manage to convince Celestia to let them keep their jobs. Those who remember me gave me a small smile or greeted my with a little wave, which I returned the favour.
After a while walking, we came to a place with two guards beside a huge double door is. Those guards bowed and open the double door and let us through, we entered as I suspected the throne room.
I am still impressed by it's amazing architecture. Windows and banners that depict the sun and the moon. Guards were stationed at the side of the room and two guards beside the throne. All the guards were bowing to the princesses, but a few times I saw them glaring at me with murderous eyes. Once we were close to the throne stairs we stopped and those two sisters turned towards me.
"We will wait here until Miss Twilight Sparkle and her friends arrives. I imagine that they want an explenation about what is going on." Explained Princess Luna.
"Indeed, and I hope it dosen't end up in a brawl or something." I commented.
"That depends on who will act first." Celestia said in a tone I don't like.
"Before you start poiting your finger at someone, we are here to talk about the mess 'you' have caused years ago." I sternly said, glaring at her.
"I acknowledge that the fault was mine and.... mother as well. But it dosn't change the fact that you killed her and ruined countless of lives. Not just by killing ponies but the relatives of those you slaughtered suffered as well. We are not here to talk just about your war with Faust but also about your time when you served Nightmare Moon." Princess Celestia spoke with both authority and blame on me.
"Worked! I never 'served' her. As long as I don't have to bow, kneel or call her 'your majesty' everyday, I was willing to take any jobb she offers me." I said starting to loose my patience.
"Here in Canterlot, work and serve are the same." Celestia said.
"They are not!" I said, I am really starting to lose my temper.
"Calm down, both of you! We cannot allow feuds and rivalry between us go on forever. It must come to an end. So during this event, I suggest-" Princess Luna spoke out as she got between me and Celestia but was interrupted when the double door opened.
We three looked right into that direction and guess who are comming to say 'hello'.
"Princess Celestia we came as soon-" Said a familiar purple unicorn mare running with a group of other mares with her but was interrupted once they saw me.
'Oh right, you gott to be kidding me!' I said in my mind as I looked at them and now know who those mares are. The Mane Six, the very same mares I and Nightmare Moon defeated and put them in jail. They rushed in to the throne room and as soon as they saw me they all stopped and stare at me in surprise. Until this pegasus mare named Rainbow (I still think it is a silly name) gave me an angry glare and looks likely to attack me, even the cowgirl earth mare was ready to jump at me. But before anyone of them could do anything, both Luna and, to my surprise, Celestia stood between me and them in a protective manners.
"Remain calm, everypony. Arton Ravenheart is not here to do any harm." Princess Celestia said. That surprised them well.
"Are you kidding!? Do you have any idea who-" Rainbow tried to speak up but was interrupted by Luna.
"He is here on my request, so there will be no hostility from him. Nor you." Princess Luna said in my defense. All except the purple unicorn seems rather unplesant about it.
"Well I was hopping to meet with Sir Arton. Althought I know we had a bad start, I would like to ask him a few things." This purple alicorn said. I decided to approach her a bit.
"For what reason do you want to talk to me for?" I asked suspiciously.
"Do you remember a mare by the name Ebony Sparkle?" She asked. Now wait a minute, she knows her?
"How do you know about the first pony who befriended me?" I asked with more skepticism.
"Oh! Before I say that let me introduce myself. My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I work in the library in Ponyville and also I am Princess Celestia's student." This purple unicorn said to me with pride.
"Well miss Sparkle, it nice of you to-" I spoke but I stopped myself because I realized something.
"Wait a second..... Is your last name 'Sparkle'?" I asked suspiciously.
"Hmm." She said with a nob and a small smile.
I looked at the alicorn princesses and they both gave a nob of confirmation. I start looking at Twilight again, then the alicorns again. The again, again and again I looked at them all because I was surprised as hell.
"By the gods..... Are you saying what I think you are saying!?" I asked her while poiting my finger at her.
"Yes, Ebony Sparkle is my ancestor. She kept a diary writting down her life and it mentioned only good things about you. But all the stories around Equestria pictures you as an evil being. I want to know who you really are and determine what kind of being you really are. If you don't mind I would like to interview you before the trials begins, what do you say?" Twilight Sparkle explained to me, finished it with a question.
I am officially shocked as fucking hell! The very first pony who has been on my side has her own descendants and I am talking to one of them right now! I actually don't know what to make of all this. I was about to say something until-
"Hold your tongue nephew! They are the elements of harmony and the heroes of Equestria, and I will not have you disrespect them!" Princess Celestia said in a stern tone.
"And what about that abomination here? Aunty! You should have killed it for even stepping in this city." This brat said. Ooohhh I am so gonna murder that filth, and I'll do it for free.
"That is forbidden! This man here is our guest, Arton Ravenheart. He is here at my request and you will not belittle him!" Princess Luna said in my defence.
"R- r- Ravenheart? The monster who served Nightmare Moon!? GUARDS!! GUARDS!! KILL THAT FREAK AT ONCE!!!!" That fucking cunt cried out loud and guess what the whole room was swarming with Solar Guards, armed with spears and swords and all of them were looking at me.
"Oh, for fuck sake." I said to myself as I now reach for my warhammer from my back.
I wished I could just have a trial by combat. At least that was proper, just like the cat kingdom years ago.
In the cat kingdom were it is south of the Zebra Confederacy, east of Changeling Nests and on it's west and north side of it there is ocean. A great distance away from both Minotaur Highlands and Equestria. The natives of the cat kingdom is differ both culturally and ethnically due to the various of feline breeds. But all anthro cats of that kingdom have a reputation for hot-bloodedness and sexual licentiousness, and for that reason almost every citizen wears very revealing outfits (and a few no clothes at all) and always carry a weapon or two.
Right now, in the capital city of the cat kingdom, Felindra, there is a colosseum with multiple platforms. It has an audience, over thousand people, and it watches the fight going on down there. The gladiator fight lasted for at least an hour or two. But soon it just got intense due to the whole arena coverd in bloodied and hacked corpses, and there are only four remaining fighters left in the arena. Three female cat warriors fights as a team and one strange armored warrior who fights solo are about to fight each other in order to be the victor of this game.
*Arton Ravenheart's POV*
Yeah, well here I am. So you all problably wonder 'What the hell am I doing in the cat kingdom'?
Well the answer is quite simple, I had to. Why? Well you all see... It has been a whole year since I came to Griffonstone, and since I had my first time sex with the two zebras, King Glyn hired me to be a personal bodyguard of his daughter, Gianna.
Since he offered fair payment and allowed me to live in luxery in Griffonstone I quickly accepted it. Gianna was very gregarious and quite a socializer, almost a bit childish but that's why I kind of like her. She know how to make people smile, being her bodyguard was quite eventful because of all those suitors always pester her everyday. She always give me the pleasure to puch, kick and throw all of them away from her, much of her parent's annoyance.
I seemed to have made a name for myself for rescuing the princess and other victims and became quite popular in Griffonstone. But also hated.
You see, all those suitors that I'm driving away were highborn nobles seeking her hand in marriage to became part of royalty. So for giving them a painful hard time, they all tried to get rid of me by either challange me or bribe me out of their kingdom; some even tried to threaten me out. But the worst part is that one night, King Glyn asked me to come to their royal chamber where his wife and daughter is waiting.
When I arrived, they told me that they recieved a letter from Queen Faust.... Queen 'Fucking' Faust!
I remember her, especially after what she has done. Anyway, Glyn explained to me that somehow one of the griffon nobles who hates me found out about my crisis with the red hair horse bitch and informed her about my whereabouts. And as a result she requested King Glyn to turn me over to her in chains, saying that I am evil or a demon from bloody tartarus wanting to enslave and subjugate the world or something. Totally, utterly and absolutely bull crap!
I explained my part of the whole incident with her. Luckly Gianna and her mother believed my completely, King Glyn was at first skeptical but he soon believed me as well. He wrote back to Faust and told her to piss off and leave me alone.
But it only make my trouble more worse! Because not only does Faust reply with threats and demands for me, I have even encounted several spies and assassins from Equestria who tried to take me. A few times, I even meet some griffin thugs attacking me several times. Hired either by those pesky nobles or that fucking bitch Faust to capture or kill me on sight. It was getting on my nerves, I mean you have no idea how angrier I get for each attempt on me. The worst part is that during all of Fausts attacks on me, princess Gianna and sometimes her parents got caught in the crossfire. One time, Queen Genna took her whole family out for a picknick. I was invited due to being her daughter's bodyguard, during that time a group of pegasi and griffins attacked us and I was the only one who could fight them off. King Glyn was a good fighter too but he got speared in the chest ones and for that reason he was stuck in bed for a long time.
Ever since that attack, I think it is more safe for me to leave Griffinstone for their safety. Think about it, Queen Faust is after me and me alone, no one else have to suffer because of it. Gianna begged me not to go but her mother, Genna, reasoned with her and gave me permision to go. Genna gave me a huge coin purse full of gold and Gianna only gave me a hug, while sniffling and holding back her tears. I said my goodbye to them and therefore I was gone from Griffonstone.
And so, after a week or two walking I came to a griffon harbour and paid a trip to Cat Kingdom. Since I never been there before, I figured 'Why Not?'.
Now the Cat Kingdom that I heard about was the homeland of all sorts of anthro feline breeds and neighbour to the Zebra Tribes and the Changeling Nests. It has a reputation of being rich in ores and fruits, good use for crafts and trade. But it also have many sorts of feral monsters and beasts that they hunt and eat, as well as a challange for warrior prestige. What shocked me the most is that every one in that kingdom wore little to no coverage upon their bodies; literally. I know the temperature of that kingdom is bloody hot and wearing ordinary clothes would make you sweat like hell, but I can't imagine that there would be an entire kingdom, full of near-naken people. Who in the world could comprehend this sort of indecency!? It would be a miracle if I could adapt this sort of weirdness of a culture, I have better luck of being invisible.
So to help myself, I wore a full body cloak over my armor. Because I don't want to draw far too much nude attention, it worked a little. When I went to a tavern I paid one gold coin for a room, the tavern owner said that for one gold coin I could stay for a week; really?
Anyway, the day after my arrival of Felindra, the feline capital. When I was eating a good meal in the tavern, I overheard from a group of male felines about a colosseum where fighters could fight to earn a huge fortune of money. Although I already have a lot of money, more wouldn't hurt. Before I paid the tavern owner for the meal I asked him where the colosseum is, I was lucky he had a map to point me out the way to it. After that, I took an hour walk until I finally reached the gigantic building.
I signed myself in for the gladiator game. From the start, there were six teams; one with six griffons, one is a lonely minotaur, one with three feline females, one is a dragon and one is a group of eight diamond dogs. Then we have me, fighting on my own, the crowd demanded that I remove my cloak and show them all who I am. I decided that since I was allowed inside I could at least have the manners to reveal myself. I threw my cloak away and all they get is my own armor with a new warhammer.
I was wearing a horned knight armor with a well fashioned warhammer. This armor can generate vibration for me to use to enhance and infuse it with my warhammer for better physical attacks, releasing seismic waves upon contact, even my own punches and kicks can generate vibration waves that can push targets over, repulsed them away, shatter them, even cause earthquakes by shaking the ground, thus causing earthquakes.
When the fight began, four of those teams fought against each other while the dragon charge at me. He wielded a giant axe straight at me, but I meet that with a swing of my warhammer and once our weapons made contact by the swing his great axe shattered by the vibration waves from my weapon. It was so shocking and awesome that the fighting and the cheering stopped and started at the scene. The dragon fighter was to suprised by his broken weapon that he forgotten to keep his attention towards me, I took advantage to that and with another swing of my warhammer, I completely destroyed his head and as his headless body fell down all the fighters aimed all their eyes on me.
I took five step forward and then two griffons and four diamond dogs charged at me while the other fighters start killing each other. I don't know why the griffons and the dogs teamed up against me, since they were opponents to each other to, but I know one thing; less thinking more hammering.
As I stood with my own fighting stance, I notices those three whispered to each other before nodding their heads to each other. The red one decided to go first, it looks like they want to fight me one at the time, clearly they are underestimating me. Time seemed to slow down for just an instant as we both took up guards. The red female warrior's stance was flawless, not an opening to be found. I would have to get her to make one of her own accord. I shifted my stance slightly, just enough to create a perceived opening that was actually a trap.
After a minute of staring, she lashed out at the first opening she saw, which was my trap. As she came in with an intention to cut my head off, I sidestepped and brought my warhammer towards her legs. She jumped to doughed that and tried to slash me again. This time I used the handle of my warhammer to deflect her blade and kicked her in the belly, releasing a seismic wave from my foot I send her flying towards the wall where she crashed very hard. The wall cracked and she was bleeding through her mouth and nose, I'm sure she was knocked unconscious but some would presume she was dead by a mere foot.
The white one seemed angered by this and immediately charged at me with her pudao, I quickly swinged my warhammer to meet her weapon directly. Her weapon quickly shattered and before she could act I swinged my warhammer right at her chin, sending her flying up to the sky and she fell down to the ground. (She is unconscious but due to the blood from her face people think she is dead)
Then here comes the drak grey one with two curved daggers, and just when I was prepared to meet her attack she stopped and took a fighting stance to. Looking at each other's eyes, we walked in circle in waiting for the other to attack. After a minute of circling each other, she quickly jumped at me with her two daggers up to stab me. I was almost suprised by this attack but my reflexes helped me evade it, I swinged my warhammer with a few spins to keep her in a distance. But after a while I decided to jump forward towards her for a frontal assault. She jumped backward to evade me, however, I used that to bring my warhammer to the ground and send out a wave of vibrations towards her. And guess what, it works because I send her flying towards the wall and she was very dizzy. I took advantage to that and quickly charge forward and bring my warhammer in a piercing way. I yelled 'surprise you bastard!' before my warhammer hit her right in her belly and knocked her unconscious.
After that victory in the arena, I claimed my prize which is 10 000 gold coins in a sack. As I took the mony with me back to my room in the tavern, I held my own private celebration with a nice meat meal and a bottle of ale. To my suprise, a female white canine with silver hair and yellow eyes, and she was wearing such revealing plant-like outfit came towards me and starts flirting with me. She said her namne was Nemala and she was in the arena and saw my battle. It seems she has taken a liking to me, but then again she could be just after my money, after all when you are rich what chances are there that you would stumble across a gold digging female. As she keeps flirting with me, a few more anthro females comes to the table to join in my 'private' victory feast.
After a long night of talking, laughing and (from their part) flirting; as well as asking me about my species and why I 'wear too much clothes on me'(questions which I dodged a lot), all of them decided to take me to my room to have, as they put it, a heck of a night that I will never forget. In other word, we all ended up in my room having a rough and wild sex session. I don't know how long it took but I ended waking up with five naked females laying all over me with the white wolf's breasts buried my face with so I could not see anything. As we all woke up sooner, well let's say that I'm glad to be wrong about them, they didn't seem to be a group of gold digger girls because all of my money and items were still in my room so nothing was stolen from me.
Once I was completely dressed, along with my cloak to cover my whole body, I decided to look at the tavern wall to see if there are any bounties to take. After taking three most exspensive ones and was about to be on my way, but as soon as I got out of the tavern I was surrounded by a group of (half-naked) feline guards with spears and swords. Just what the fuck is going on now!?
"Do you happens to be Arton Ravenheart, sir?" One of the guards asked me.
"Why, who's asking?" I asked suspiciously.
That said guard showed me a wanted poster with MY bloody face with it.
Oh hell!
"The ruler of Equestria claims that you are a terrorist and a criminal, our king wants to have a word with you." Said that guard, but before he could say anything else I spoke.
"Oh for fuck sake, and here I though I could make a living without any persecution." I said.
This armor with the gauntlest and the warhammer combined grants me a magic based on elemental transmutations, changing any element, liquid, gaseous, or plasma and use them for various combat styles with my warhammer.
"Well for your information, YOU WILL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!" I yelled as I was about to strike the ground with my warhammer to begin fighting my war out of this city.
"HOLD IT!" A feminine voice yelled out and stopped everyone from acting, including myself.
"I told you all, to NOT engage!" The princess said in a harsh tone, which caused all the guards to back away in shame.
After that she and her 'companions' looked at me and came until she is like ten feets away from me.
"I apologize for their incompetence, but we need you to come with us to the royal palace." She said.
"I know where this will lead to, and I will NOT be punished for a crime I did not committed!" I said in my own harsh tone.
"How can we know that you have committed crimes or not. It's important to us to know why Queen Faust so desperately want to take you down." She spoke, and I was starting to loose my temper.
"I. Do. Not. Have. To. Stand. For. This!" I said in a calm but furious voice.
We two looked at each other in the eyes and this whole situation is getting way more tensed. But after a minute or two and silence, one of her female companion poked her in her right shoulder and whispered something in her ear. I couldn't hear a thing due to the distance between us, but I saw the princess nodded at her before looking at me again.
"How about this then? If you cooperate with us, you will have the right to have a trial by combat." She said. Now that took me by suprise.
"You have that kind of law?" I asked with interest, because if they do this could help me out of this mess.
"Yes, although only our citizens have right to that we are willing to make an exception and allow you to have that to. Think about it, after you have answered a few questions that my king-father have you can then demand a trial by combat and fight for your freedom. Pretty simple, what do you say?" She asked.
This could be a trap, but what if it's not. It would be absolutely foolish to reject that, with my warrior skills I could use this to get out of here more quickly. Even though I must be prepared for any trickery and deceptions, I personally think that this is too good to pass. After thinking about it for a while I placed my warhammer on my back and stood straight.
